A view from a mossy rock outcrop; at the bottom of the photo it's all bright yellow-green (chartreuse?) moss. Beyond this, a stand of Douglas-firs, and in the gaps between the trunks, the stripy blue water of a lake. On the right, branches of a pine tree fill the upper part of the photo.
Macro Photography Assignments Week 4: "Close-Up Filters"
no, I haven't forgotten about this project, I've just been delayed by needing to acquire gear that many of the assignments seem to require >.< in this case, the title of the assignment. I picked up a "beginners lens kit" for smartphone attachment that included a few handy things, including a 20x macro lens(!) which does have a downside of being slightly too tiny for the lens on the camera, so there's visible circular borders that need to be trimmed where possible, but an upside of being able to focus INCREDIBLY close, practically microscope level, which tends to be my instinctive area of interest, so this will be fun to tinker around with going forward!
a series of three droplets of clear tree sap, each connected to the one above it, bisecting a line in the blurry background between black on the right and white on the left, BUT the background slightly more in focus in reflection/refraction in the middle droplet, but mirrored - black on left, white on right. One downside of this lens is the need to be basically one millimeter away from the subject, which will often block direct sunlight unless the sun is at a very oblique angle.
patch of moss growing on a concrete wall. it's very round, like half a sphere, with green leaves which have a white terminal hair giving the patch a silvery sheen. the yellow light from the setting sun hits the moss from the side, highlighting its very pleasing round shape. you want to pet that moss delicately with your fingertips.
Assuming they are the same species, and I wouldn't bet on it, here's a closer look of the #moss and the brown parmelioid #lichen (a term cribbed from Wikipedia)
"blue manakin builds nests that look fairly messy, with long dangling structures (nest tails) woven from strands of moss, fibers and other debris... the tails break up the nest's recognizable shape, making it appear, at least to a predator's eyes, just another pile of falling forest debris"
Left: photo of a stream in a lush forest. Right: photo of a bird's nest among tree branches. There are various pieces of plant debris dangling below the nest.
fotografia de natureza feita à noite mostrando um pequeno cogumelo crescendo dentro de um espaço oco em um tronco de árvore sobre fundo escuro. O cogumelo é do tipo "guarda-chuva", levemente rosado, pequeno e frágil, e cresce solitário nas sombras do espaço gerado pelo tronco como se fosse uma pequena caverna. O tronco lenhoso é bem verde, coberto de musgos e liquens.
Seeing what happens when I cut holes in the page and then stitch over heavily. Cutting the threads to get ragged fringes, how much can this sketchbook paper take before falling apart? #dailysketchbook#paper#pinkpigsketchbooks#walls#stones#moss
Large holes in the pages which are freemachine stitched with a variety of green threads,with mostly cut threads. Smaller holes made by stitching with no thread. Inspired by mossy stones in the drystone walls around my house.
A photo of the left side of an open, black paper sketchbook in portrait-format, placed on a wooden desk and surrounded by snippets of two books, a paint brush, a gouache tube, coloured pencils, hag stones, and leaves. The sketchbook page features studies of four mosses, with their latin names noted underneath. From left to right and too to bottom: Plagiochila asplenioides( resembling a fern), Bryum argenteum (silver green/blue and fluffy with deep red sporophytes), Ctenidium molluscum (resembling autumn-coloured ferns or feathers), Leucodon sciuroides (scaly green shafts with reddish brown at the base).
Surprise - a photo with trees and fog for you. Maybe I'll try to post something a bit more varied next year, but I can't promise anything. Nature will still be my primary subject, I need my Forest Therapy. Haven't been out there for two weeks and already feel like something substantial is missing. "Break a leg" to those of you I won't be seeing / reading again this year! 🎇
A rather dark image of a hiking trail in a forest on a foggy day. The flat trail runs from the bottom left to the top right of the frame. The ground to the left and right of the trail is covered in moss. The tall trees are silhouettes against the thick, white fog obscuring the background.
In an extraordinary display of biological resilience, #moss#spores survived for nine months outside the International Space Station. The spores were then returned to Earth, where 86% germinated and began to grow, researchers report Nov 20 in iScience.
The research adds spores of Physcomitrium patens to the list of terrestrial organisms that can survive extended stays in #space. This hardy group includes various species of bacteria, lichens, plant seeds and tardigrades. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moss-spores-survive-nine-months-space
#Plushtodon , #Akyo and I went into the forest to enjoy some #moss and #snow ! ❄️ :blobmiou: A great opportunity to try out my new, 17 year old DSLR 📷 :BlobhajBlanketBlue: It's so much fun to shoot with it! Been too many years since I last had an actual (digital) camera. Time to use it! :owi:
Looking down to the snow covered ground, a camera dangles down on its strap, displaying the 2nd picture of this post on its screen. Orange Plushtodon looks at the camera, being held by my left hand