Ludo's macro shots
A tiny glimpse in the world of the magnified eye
Ludo Sak created this list 13 years ago
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An Ode to Life Itself -
Red red wine (tic tac .. augh) -
![Aboon the English Rose In Scotland grows a warlike flower,
Too rough to bloom in lady's bower;
His crest. when high the soldier bears,
And spurs his courser on the spears.
O there it blossoms - there it blows
The thistle's grown aboon the rose.
(part of a poem named 'Aboon the rose' by Allan Cunningham [1784-1842]) Canon EF12mm II,Cotton Thistle,Geotagged,Onopordum acanthium,The Netherlands,macro,soligor 12mm,soligor 20mm,soligor 36mm](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/240/10129_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=VBCFWUuAEXqERK6MjlSdfgYRfbo%3D)
Aboon the English Rose -
What on earth is this? -
Darkness, a sudden sound -
My first h2o shot, the essence of life -
Chrystalline entity -
Jack Frost -
A frosty crystaline -
Underwater rascal -
Of Summer kisses -
Summer solitude -
Multicore dream stage (tears part 2) -
Godly tears in dual core (teardrops on Jupiter) -
Ye very ol' Vespula -
Spider in F minor -
Latest Light of day -
Purple vain -
A hairdressers nightmare -
A tiny fraction in time -
All clear, ready for take-off -
Fragrant spring -
Landingstrip provided -
![Lichen of the slowest pace [HDR] My first go at HDR: 3 pictures shot at 100ISO and long exposure times, plus and minus 2 EV, 13sec, 2.5sec,30sec). It's reindeer lichen, a very slow growing lichen eaten by mainly Reindeer/Caribou.
This lichen I found while hiking up in Norway with my wife. It is highly protected and it is absolutely forbidden to break off. This loose piece photographed here I found on the ground in a swamp, it was partially eaten. I did not have to break it off, only pick it up, so I was kinda in the clear.
I did not know the reason for it having such a protected state. Years later I read about their very very slow growth rate.
Reindeer lichen is slow growing (only 3–5 mm per year) and may take decades to return once overgrazed, burned, trampled, or otherwise consumed. This piece is about 4cm in radius, so about 10 years old. I did not know that..
This piece is about 10 years in my possession now, residing in one of our book shelves. It is battered a bit, discoloured too. I'll have to make due. Cladonia rangiferina,Geotagged,HDR,Norway,macro,reindeer lichen,soligor 36mm](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/240/4837_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=1SER2D9Fjj0vuOLlaRTWN8kfH2Q%3D)
Lichen of the slowest pace [HDR]