Some Quinault Rain Forest close-ups

[Charles Krebs]

I spent a couple of days over in the temperate rain forest part of Washington State's west coast. Generally I'm over there looking for "landscapes", but there are plenty of close-up opportunities. (For an "overview" of the location where these shots were taken there's an image here. I posted a more expansive shot of this area some time ago here as well.


This first image is of the fruiting bodies of a slime mold:



Below is the lichen Pilophoron aciculare:



Below is a common fungus (slime mold?) in this area, but I don't know the ID :


These three are of a bird nest fungus (belonging to the family Nidulariaceae). The spore filled "eggs" ("periodoles") are dispersed by raindrops splashing into the "nest".

[AndrewC]

Nice shots but how on earth do you keep dry ? Carry around a small tarp or something ?

Andrew

[rjlittlefield]

Beautiful, beautiful images!

These are apparently stacked, using natural light. What does your focusing setup look like?

--Rik

[Charles Krebs]

Rik,

Nothing fancy, just the Novoflex Castel L focusing rail. A little marginal with the magnification of #1, #3 and #4. Also, got a little "sticky" when wet.

Andrew,

Well, you get wet and muddy. I used to wear Goretex rain pants, but I think I wound up wetter from sweating than the external elements. This place gets about 121 inches of rain between October and the end of March (about 160 inches annually). If it's really pouring I don't photograph. But there are usually breaks in the rain or entire days when it's a mild drizzle. Then I just keep the camera covered as much as possible. Back when I used a view camera I would sometimes set up a second tripod or use a clamp on my tripod leg to hold a large golf umbrella.

[LordV]

Wonderful series of shots.
Brian v.

[AndrewC]

.. Back when I used a view camera I would sometimes set up a second tripod or use a clamp on my tripod leg to hold a large golf umbrella.

Children work quite as well but I find I need to increase my work rate as they have a limited attention span. However, they are keen to roll around in the mud !

Andrew

[Aynia]

Wow to all of them.

The first one is my favourite.

[RogelioMoreno]

Wonderful serie.

Rogelio

[Stanier]

Extraordinarily beautiful photographs, thank you!

[Bruce Williams]

Simply beautiful!

Bruce

[Charles Krebs]

Thanks all for the kind remarks!

If you're interested in seeing a few more non-macro shots from this area I've posted some over in the "Favorite Places" section here.