Flashback Friday #40

On the 1st October 2015 I was raving about my new macro lens which I took on a walk to a nearby broadleaved woodland down by the River Teme in Ludlow. One of my favourite places to walk when I lived in the town.

little things in life

A fellow blogger and friend has been posting some images of spring in Australia including close-ups of moss starting to sprout. It prompted me to take my new macro lens down to the river where I knew moss grows abound and where I had seen some tiny fungi growing just the other day. Unfortunately it was quite dark by the river (it is flanked by a high cliff and trees on the one side) and moss isn’t as attractive in its latter stages, but I did find the fungi and a few interesting little things to photo. They are not the sharpest of images, but as I have mentioned over on the flower blog where you will find more macro images, I am happy to record my journey with the new camera with the hope that as time goes on I will improve!

We will start with this quite small leaf covered with tiny hairs on which there were beads of moisture – from the early morning fog I imagine.

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Next a look at some fungi – note that the puff ball ones are actually very, very small, probably the size of the nail on my little finger.

Then some moss – again with the droplets – ferns and a couple of flowers. I had not realised until now how much the spores on a fern look like tiny eggs.

Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
Herb Robert
Spores on harts tongue / Asplenium scolopendrium
Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens)
Moss with droplets
Spores
Moss

And finally one insect (there was a spider too but the quality of that shot is far too embarrassing to post here) a bright red-brown fly. If you click on him to enlarge the image you will see the hairs on his back.

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This post is a contribution to Fandango’s Flashback Friday. Have you got a post you wrote in the past on this particular day? The world might be glad to see it – either for the first time – or again if they’re long-time loyal readers.

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Heyjude

I have lived in the UK for most of my life, but when young I definitely had wanderlust and even ended up living in South Africa for several years which was a wonderful experience. I now look forward to a long and leisurely retirement doing what I like most - gardening, photography, walking and travelling.

22 thoughts on “Flashback Friday #40”

  3. ooh you clever thing and to think these are from your early days with that lens. Fabulous Past squares and a perfect link up to with Flashback Friday

    1. silly me, this isn’t of course your PastSquares is it – still every word above it still true xxx

    2. I could have linked to squares, except some of these aren’t. And they certainly are in the past!

      1. As long as one is I am a happy square bunny, and as you saw because I saw one I was convinced it was!

  4. Lovely shots, especially bright red-brown fly.
    I must admit I struggle with my macro photography. Do you still use your macro lens a lot or do you tend to let it collect dust nowadays? I got a new one this year, but hardly ever use it for close ups any longer as other options work better.
    Sending you soaking wet greetings from the other coast,
    The Fab Four of Cley Xx Xx

    1. I haven’t used it much these past couple of years, as we haven’t been going out a lot. And as you know it really needs to be a still day if photographing outdoors, which doesn’t happen often here! I have found my zoom lens takes nice close-ups with a bokeh background, but of course not the 1:1 detail of a macro lens. I like taking it to a garden I have visited before as I don’t need many photos.

  6. The last one is my favourite, but they are all great. I’ve never used a macro lens but often thought of doing so. Now, I’m thinking again ….

    1. Useful if you really want to see those details. But not the easiest of lenses to use – I keep saying I will try with a tripod, but haven’t so far!

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