First Results from the 70mm Macro

[Regulus]

It's very quiet in the terrestrial photo section lately. Guiess we are all holding our collective breath to see who one this months challenge.
Meanwhile here are a few from the forest floor.
Most of these are sub-4mm and are the first with my new Sigma 70mm macro lens. Having got the hang of it, and started looking at the truly small, I spent an hour in one square metre of leaf and bark litter and took 40 photos!

1&2 Xylaria hypoxylon - Dead Mans Fingers, and the name has never been so appropriate as the second image looking like someone reaching out of the grave. Totally thrill when I got that picture.
3 Lachnum virgineum
6 Xylaria sp.
7 Calocera cornea
The others are yet to be ID'ed

Trev

[pluto]

Those are great Trevor, well done :)

[zardos123]

Very nice shots, are you using a tripod ?, i find that i need one to ramp it up to f16+ to get that depth of field. the sigma is a very nice lens.....have fun
regards brad

[Regulus]

Thanks.
Brad, no tripod. These are all on the ground so getting f8 and 1/2~3sec exposures is no problem.
Trevor

[REVEREND]

Nice set Trev.

Cheers Reverend.

[Marios]

f1.8?

[Regulus]

Most around f8 Marios.

[zenith]

Really nice to look at, great photos Trevor.

[RickS]

Some great pics there, Trev!

[Regulus]

Thank you Rick, Tim. It's a nice way to spend a few daylight hours.

T

[MortonH]

My fave is #7.

#2 gives me the creeps. It looks like fingers.

[astronobob]

Grouse work and fun Trevor :thumbsup:
Think we'r going to see the world from a new perspective from you now :cool2:

[Regulus]

Morton - Xylaria, also called Dead Mans Fingers :lol:

Thx Bob, it's right in the heart of the season and I am averaging 70 photos a day while it lasts. An the lens is giving me access to detail I didn't have before.
Basically I have been watching Sclerophyll forest this year to see what grows fungiwise over a year.

An enjoyable, and peaceful pastime.

Trev