Living life from dream to dream
“At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.” -Toni Morrison-
Note:
The gear I use in this type of photography is:
Canon EOS 80D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro Lens
Canon EOS 80D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro Lens
Tokina atx-i 11-16mm F2.8 Canon EF lens.
Befree Advances GT XPRO tripod
(I always use tripod for macro photography)
Befree Advances GT XPRO tripod
(I always use tripod for macro photography)
A pretty tiny little world
At this time of the year most of the holm oaks are covered with moss.
This past weekend I set out to photograph those tiny white fungi that grow in tiny families among the moss. Their cap will be between 3 or 4mm in diameter (0.12 or 0.16 inches).
When the subjects I am going to photograph are too small, I usually move my lens, focusing and defocusing, looking for an interesting motif that will make me stop, and in this wandering of the lens a very small mushroom made me stop in my tracks, because it brought a prize: a very small springtail was walking over the mushroom and enjoying its favorite environment, a place full of moisture.
Comparing it with the mushroom you can get an idea of its size.
The curious thing about these little creatures is that they do not belong to the order of insects, although I would think the opposite. Their fossil record dates back 400 million years, so they are considered one of the oldest land animals on the planet.
So very small and how they have managed to survive so much history.
P.S.: I am not a biologist or entomologist, only that photography has invited me to explore the life of the beings I photograph.
P.S. 2: I never use extension tubes for my images, nor have I cropped this one to make the animal look more detailed. All credit goes to my canon 100mm, f/2.8 macro lens. I love it!
Thanks for reading this far.
Gravity
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy -Isaac Newton-
During these rainy days I have been looking through old photos that were lost in my archives, and this is one of them.
Such a beautiful morning
Snails love to go for walks on rainy days, and this one was surprised by the sunrise. Like many of us, the sunrise in the rain amazes us and brightens our day.
Lights and shadows
And after so much complaining about autumn not coming to the part of the planet where I live, this morning I find out that I have some (not many) wild mushroom species in my backyard. This is one of the ones I found this morning. I share it with great joy!
Hidden treasures
Sometimes just enjoying a misty morning and a cool breeze is enough to feel peaceful and happy.
Hey there
This baby woodlouse was the size of a small seed. I took it in my hands to detail what kind of seed it was and it began to open very slowly. Of course I had to photograph it!. It has been a challenge for me, because being so small the focus has been a bit difficult for the style of photography I do, which is somewhat artistic, and the more I moved away to detail the animal better, the depth of field was taking center stage... so I chose to get as close to the subject as I could to blur the background.
I hope you like it
Horse hair
Little tiny mushrooms called "horse hair".
When I took this image I assumed the mosquito was sheltering from the cold, but I think the weather was too harsh for it.
I have always made a point of not photographing deaths of any animal I see in the wild, but I think this scenario paid the deserved respects to this little creature.
We are family
Living near a forest it is easy to see families of wild mushrooms on the paths.
The difficult part of this photo was trying to take it without damaging the huge family of mushrooms around. You have to be a contortionist.
These types of mushrooms (Mycena) are very tiny and fragile. Even trying to move a leaf away from the scene can mean a deadly disaster for them, so it's a challenge for me to show how delicate I can be as a photographer, but at the same time it's a relaxing challenge.
Home inside
The river I show in this picture is 3 km from my home, my beloved Guadiato. It was a silent sunset. The flowing of its waters was a soothing whisper. For me it is impossible to imagine life away from it, so at this stage of my life I do not consider a life in the city.
Sometimes I like to look up from the ground and share the nature that surrounds me, the one that protects the tiny life that I share in my gallery.
I hope you see this image with the same eyes that I see it with and you can even hear the flow of the water.
