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Sri Lankan Leopard portrait -
Snowy landscape -
Griffon grudge -
Ye very ol' Vespula -
Famous Ash -
![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=1614816010&Signature=RZ9h%2BLo7OggCWHlkPyh4MFf16%2Fw%3D)
Lichen of the slowest pace [HDR] -
Conquiro Caro -
Maashorst HDR 3/10 -
Endangered Siberian -
The path of contrast -
Hopping the meadows -
Spider in F minor -
Staging breath of Summer -
Sunset in the sea -
Maashorst HDR 4/10 -
![Foxglove's Deathly Pink (highly toxic) [HDR] This lovely pink summer foxglove is highly poisonous. The toxins in the smaller leaves can cure heart rithm disorders or.. start one when incorrectly used. Don't try that at home!
(Watch the movie Poisoned plants and scroll to 06:50 minutes, never knew that fact)
"Symptoms of Digitalis poisoning include a low pulse rate, nausea, vomiting, and uncoordinated contractions of different parts of the heart leading to cardiac arrest and finally death."
In the middle ages the foxglove was counted among the witches' toolset. And I really mean witches.
Wow, and it grows in many a garden:) Welcome to the pleasure dome! Common Foxglove,Digitalis purpurea,Geotagged,HDR,The Netherlands](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/240/4932_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1614816010&Signature=FIqwTvSDqnTbjnDqqF9HEiaJk4Q%3D)
Foxglove's Deathly Pink (highly toxic) [HDR] -
Water view of Oasis entrance at Amsterdamse Waterleiding Duinen (HDR) -
Unbleached Delight -
![Red like in rubies, good for cures [HDR] Gaze into my facets
Gleaming in the light
Reflecting to the world
My Goodness at its height
(part of a poem by Michele Young)
This 20-50cm plant originates from high altitude mountains like the Alps and the Balkan mountain ranges and normally flower on rocky grounds rich in chalk. The flowers are used by pharmaceuticals to produce medicinal aromatic essential oil called Zdravec oil (of Bulgarian invention).
These reside in our garden, which has lucious black earth full of natural nutrients and lots of water. Quite different, but these beautiful flowers like it in our garden. As do we.
Geotagged,Geranium macrorrhizum,HDR,The Netherlands](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/240/4841_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1614816010&Signature=YHpeXGxuKnd3y6H5cWzGV%2FS%2BiJE%3D)
Red like in rubies, good for cures [HDR] -
HDR of Slabroek forest, the Netherlands -
An owl relative? -
Hereford pride -
Old City view from a different angle -
A golden Ingleborough sunset