Velvet Shank Mushrooms and frost covered moss

Recently I've been quite busy so apologies for not posting anything to DPR for a while. I've just added two of my best shots from the other day on the wildlife forum where I managed to capture a Red Kite and Chaffinch from my local nature reserve.

As some of you know that I am struggling with a condition called ASD - Autism/Asperger's Spectral Disorder which makes life really difficult and now through photography am able to manage things much better. It's sort of given me a purpose to get out and explore which is what I really needed.

Recently I've been collaborating with various organizations and trying to raise awareness and build bridges to get more people with difficult health conditions to take up photography and/or get out into nature while having a proactive subject to work on.

This is kind of how things have started right now: https://www.bbowt.org.uk/blog/kate-titford/how-nature-can-help-improve-everyones-wellbeing

So on to the images, it was  a surprise to see fungi growing in cold conditions and with lots of frost around:

Behind the scenes:

Frost covered moss:

kayasaman wrote:

Recently I've been quite busy so apologies for not posting anything to DPR for a while. I've just added two of my best shots from the other day on the wildlife forum where I managed to capture a Red Kite and Chaffinch from my local nature reserve.

As some of you know that I am struggling with a condition called ASD - Autism/Asperger's Spectral Disorder which makes life really difficult and now through photography am able to manage things much better. It's sort of given me a purpose to get out and explore which is what I really needed.

I hope that works for you. Nature has been what has kept humans healthy likely since before we even evolved as humans. So many people in modern society have no such connection - i.e. no magic in their lives. It is great that you have found this rich connection.

Recently I've been collaborating with various organizations and trying to raise awareness and build bridges to get more people with difficult health conditions to take up photography and/or get out into nature while having a proactive subject to work on.

This is kind of how things have started right now: https://www.bbowt.org.uk/blog/kate-titford/how-nature-can-help-improve-everyones-wellbeing

So on to the images, it was a surprise to see fungi growing in cold conditions and with lots of frost around:

The frost-covered moss is likely an Orthotrichum judging by perceived scale; but it also could be a Ulota. You can try to determine what you have photographed from the excellent British Bryological Society website and book they have published https://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk. In winter I shoot mosses likely two times a week on average. I love that minute world.

Behind the scenes:

Frost covered moss:

Gary from Seattle wrote:

kayasaman wrote:

Recently I've been quite busy so apologies for not posting anything to DPR for a while. I've just added two of my best shots from the other day on the wildlife forum where I managed to capture a Red Kite and Chaffinch from my local nature reserve.

As some of you know that I am struggling with a condition called ASD - Autism/Asperger's Spectral Disorder which makes life really difficult and now through photography am able to manage things much better. It's sort of given me a purpose to get out and explore which is what I really needed.

I hope that works for you. Nature has been what has kept humans healthy likely since before we even evolved as humans. So many people in modern society have no such connection - i.e. no magic in their lives. It is great that you have found this rich connection.

Recently I've been collaborating with various organizations and trying to raise awareness and build bridges to get more people with difficult health conditions to take up photography and/or get out into nature while having a proactive subject to work on.

This is kind of how things have started right now: https://www.bbowt.org.uk/blog/kate-titford/how-nature-can-help-improve-everyones-wellbeing

So on to the images, it was a surprise to see fungi growing in cold conditions and with lots of frost around:

The frost-covered moss is likely an Orthotrichum judging by perceived scale; but it also could be a Ulota. You can try to determine what you have photographed from the excellent British Bryological Society website and book they have published https://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk. In winter I shoot mosses likely two times a week on average. I love that minute world.

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Thanks for the information. Yeah macro is really cool. Actually I'm quite interested in the Venus 25mm lens with the 2.5x-5x magnification. There's also the 24mm pipe which is quite specialist but can be submerged to image fish and underwater life.

I bought a new lens for my Nikon setup recently (200-500mm) and the last two weeks have been concentrating on birds. With lessons learned from last week and a few diagnostic shots in the garden, this week has seen a dramatic improvement.

I'll post a few images up over in the wildlife section later today

kayasaman wrote:

Gary from Seattle wrote:

kayasaman wrote:

Recently I've been quite busy so apologies for not posting anything to DPR for a while. I've just added two of my best shots from the other day on the wildlife forum where I managed to capture a Red Kite and Chaffinch from my local nature reserve.

As some of you know that I am struggling with a condition called ASD - Autism/Asperger's Spectral Disorder which makes life really difficult and now through photography am able to manage things much better. It's sort of given me a purpose to get out and explore which is what I really needed.

I hope that works for you. Nature has been what has kept humans healthy likely since before we even evolved as humans. So many people in modern society have no such connection - i.e. no magic in their lives. It is great that you have found this rich connection.

Recently I've been collaborating with various organizations and trying to raise awareness and build bridges to get more people with difficult health conditions to take up photography and/or get out into nature while having a proactive subject to work on.

This is kind of how things have started right now: https://www.bbowt.org.uk/blog/kate-titford/how-nature-can-help-improve-everyones-wellbeing

So on to the images, it was a surprise to see fungi growing in cold conditions and with lots of frost around:

The frost-covered moss is likely an Orthotrichum judging by perceived scale; but it also could be a Ulota. You can try to determine what you have photographed from the excellent British Bryological Society website and book they have published https://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk. In winter I shoot mosses likely two times a week on average. I love that minute world.

<snip>

Thanks for the information. Yeah macro is really cool. Actually I'm quite interested in the Venus 25mm lens with the 2.5x-5x magnification. There's also the 24mm pipe which is quite specialist but can be submerged to image fish and underwater life.

Note that that lens has just a 1.6" working distance which cuts light a lot and means using flash pretty much always. My macro lens has a 4" Working distance, perhaps 2-1/2-3" with a Raynox 250 added. I shoot macro with MF but also use my 60 (120) for shooting bees since it can also shoot S-AF or CAF very quickly at a working distance of from 8-20". These bee images probably vary from .3:1 roughly. 1:1 is too difficult for bees as they move like crazy, faster than one can follow them.

I bought a new lens for my Nikon setup recently (200-500mm) and the last two weeks have been concentrating on birds. With lessons learned from last week and a few diagnostic shots in the garden, this week has seen a dramatic improvement.

I'll post a few images up over in the wildlife section later today