mouldy cake macro

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Gimme a break. It's raining. Felt like experimenting a little.

Cleaning out the fridge, found some mouldy cake. Ever wondered what mould looks like at 1:1, 3:1, and 5:1 lifesize? I did. Sounds disgusting at first, but I think at this scale it's beautiful. Kind of like some alien forest.

Attached image is one of the shots at 3:1. The links below are the full set.

At 1:1 lifesize

At 3:1 lifesize

Another at 3:1

At 5:1 lifesize

Another at 5:1

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Works well. Now a timelapse of that over a couple of days would be nice little experiment

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

and pray you don't get that slice packed in your lunch box monday morning.

Nice pics btw

[DavidU (Dave)]

Very cool image, just a tad toxic LOL

[RobF (Rob)]

Mmmmm Cake!!

Yuk. Fungus.
Nice Troy, they're amazing little blighters for sure.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

The shots themselves aren't that great, I know. Found the 100% crops fascinating. Seeing detail on those little balls.

[shelltree (Shelley)]

Yummo! Great set Troy, really cool how different mould looks close up.

[acropolite (Phil)]

A very interesting take on macro.

Just remind me not to call around for Tea & Cake....

[Octane (Humayun)]

Fascinating.

Are those spherical things at the top of the strands, spores? I wonder what they contain.

Mould is one of the things that makes me dry retch.

H

[troypiggo (Troy)]

H - not positive, but believe those spheres are either the spores or the "container" from which spores are released. This is a closeup of one of the shots showing them in about as much detail as I could get.

Must say I found this little science experiment fascinating too.

To those concerned about coming over for tea and cake, don't worry. We only serve guests the week old cake, not the 2 week old cake.

[Ric]

Fascinating Troy, it's like an alien lanscape.