Macro fungi

Bonasa · Post by **Bonasa** » Sun Jan 26, 2020 4:54 pm

Canon 70D + Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x ISO 100, f/2.8, 0.4s, natural light
Stacked 40 images with Zerene stacker

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:17 pm

First post, and it's a beauty -- welcome aboard!

I'm curious what the drops are made of. They look not quite round and shiny enough to be water?

--Rik

David Sykes · Post by **David Sykes** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 4:14 am

Water mixed with glycerine ?

Bonasa · Post by **Bonasa** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 8:44 am

rjlittlefield wrote:First post, and it's a beauty -- welcome aboard!

I'm curious what the drops are made of. They look not quite round and shiny enough to be water?

--Rik

Thank you for the welcome.
The drops are natural, I haven't changed or added, or manipulated anything on the fungus itself. The stack was made on early frosty morning, and these are frozen water drops, maybe that is the reason why they are not so shiny, and that's why you can see that 'lightning' like mark on the right water drop.

Bonasa · Post by **Bonasa** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 8:45 am

David Sykes wrote:Water mixed with glycerine ?

just ice

Lou Jost · Post by **Lou Jost** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:27 am

Very beautiful and interesting!

David Sykes · Post by **David Sykes** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 5:25 pm

My web ID is 'Microfunguy' so I can tell you that fungus is Chlorociboria aeruginascens

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 6:25 pm

Bonasa wrote:The stack was made on early frosty morning, and these are frozen water drops, maybe that is the reason why they are not so shiny, and that's why you can see that 'lightning' like mark on the right water drop.

An interesting formation of ice!

That possibility did not occur to me. If it had, I think I would have rejected it because of the lack of obvious crystal structure. Maybe the fungus provides some chemicals that modify crystallization?

--Rik

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Mon Jan 27, 2020 6:51 pm

Very cool!

Troels · Post by **Troels** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:03 pm

Nice and interesting!
Never before seen such perfect sphaerical ice crystals.

Bonasa · Post by **Bonasa** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 1:11 pm

To be honest, I think I was just very lucky! The water is not entirely frozen, just partially, hence hold the spherical shape.
But it for sure helped in the composition, as the drops stayed steadily when I moved the branch around for better light.

Thank you everyone for warm welcome

Sumguy01 · Post by **Sumguy01** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:50 pm

Very nice.
Thanks for sharing.