lauriek wrote:These fellas are mostly nocturnal aren't they? I rarely see ground beetles but I've spotted a few at night while on slug patrol..

That might explain why I don't see many
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Nicely shot, as always. I'm intrigued that you don't see many of these. I seem to recall that they've been common everywhere that I've lived here in Washington, both on the dry and wet sides. What plays the role of predator at this size in your ecology? --Rik Thanks Rik for the comments Think perha...

Don't often see ground beetles so I made the most of this one when I spotted it. Trapped it and then let it hide under a leaf under a glass. Simply lifted the leaf off and it then stayed put whilst I took the shots. MPE-65 Hand held 2 to 4:1 FF All shots focus stacked using zerene (5 to 8 shots) Bri...

Harold Gough wrote:Ecellent shots. I have seen something about the anthers having tubes through which the pollen is released but I have nothing definitive.

Harold

Thanks for the comments and info Harold
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Took some shots of the cener structure of a newgunea impatiens flower fairly side on (first time I'd tried this) was amazed to see a lace like structure at 4:1. Did a focus stack using zerene and the lace structure appears to be plant cells around 150um in diameter. The pollen is much smaller than t...

Photos of some thin ice sheet from a water bucket placed over the top of a fuchsia flower for some colour. The colour helps show up the contours in the ice. Both have been focus stacked using zerene (shot at an angle). Taken around 2.5:1 Brian v. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8342/8239871541_6281e4d...

Thanks for the comments- interesting re the similarity to some corals.

BTW it did taste very nice !
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Some zerene focus stacked shots of Romanesco broccoli - a wonderful natural example of fractal geometry. Hopefully it will taste as good as it looks in a pasta dish tonight. Brian v. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7264/8170290712_c40b019853_o.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7106/8170290736_e1d7cb2f...

Harold - yes I think this is the same thing I had last year but completely missed seeing the yellow/orange stage.
id'd by WAB as possibly Physarum cinereum

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Had another outbreak of slime mould colonies in the front lawn a few days ago- about 10 patches around 3" diameter. Both shots have been focus stacked using zerene- 5dmk2/MPE-65/430Ex flash brian V. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8191/8121314433_4b8c6ab5fd_o.jpg #3 days later http://farm9.staticflick...

Lovely capture Harold. Did see a small Dicrotymina yesterday when I had a look under some damp leaves but it sprang before I could bring the camera to bear.
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Ecooper wrote:Very cool! Nice photos!

EC
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Thanks
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Thanks for the comments all.
I think I came across the aged version of this last year which was grey and I thought was just an odd fungus so it was good to see the earlier part of this sporulation process.
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Lovely captures and congrats on the camera.
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Wonderful captures Kurt
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