Moss Study

[Walter Piorkowski]

Two differant moss subjects.

Canon 10D
.7 inch B&H lens on extention tubes
stacked images at f/5.6
CombineZ, Photoshop


I return after a long absence with results from my new macrostand and my second favorite subject.
Walt

[rjlittlefield]

Welcome back, Walt!

Care to show us some photos of your new macrostand? (Over in Technical, please. )

Really interesting textures in this moss. The featureless areas -- say in the left center bright green area of pic 1 -- do they really look like that or are we seeing another manifestation of what we've come to call "stacking mush"?

--Rik

[Mike B in OKlahoma]

Interesting subject, and welcome back!
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Mike Broderick
Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome

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--Calvin

[Ken Ramos]

Hey Walt, where ya been? Glad to see ya back. Great images of a favorite subject of mine also. Actually I am much more interested in what lives among these tiny plants, than the plants themselves. Looks like a couple of species of Mnium. The leaves of these look pretty neat through the compound microscope, in that they are only one cell thick.
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Ken Ramos
Rutherford Co., Western North Carolina

"Social isolate?"

[Walter Piorkowski]

Thanks guys, it's good to be imaging again. No Rik, this is not stacking mush. It's operator error. I failed to calculate my rack out distance enough to pick up images out to the tip of the plant. I liked the image anyway and desided to post it.
Walt

[beetleman]

Hi Walter, we missed you, welcome back. Excellent photos. Great detail on the leaves. Only one cell thick
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Doug Breda

[Ken Ramos]

Yep, only one silly cell thick.
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Ken Ramos
Rutherford Co., Western North Carolina

"Social isolate?"