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Macro Monday... Stunning Stump...

17 January 2011

For Macro Monday at Lisa's Chaos this week I have chosen a few photographs that I took while out for a walk on Cavehill... For this walk Neil and I had headed off through the trees...

Before us just off the path was a beautiful tree stump that was covered in bracket fungi...

I don't know which type of bracket fungi it is but it is very attractive growing close together in shelf like clumps...

Some of the fungi was cleaner whiter looking...

others were turning golden or had a coating of green algae on the top.

It was a large tree that had been cut down... can't remember what type of tree it was...
but there are quite a lot of horse chestnut trees around this area...
and many beech trees but the bark of the beech tree is smoother and more silvery in tone...

green algae and moss around some of the bracket fungi...

the bark has a wonderful deep brown scaley textural quality...




9 comments:

Fantastic shots, interesting textures, I really like them.

 

Incredible details. I like how they layer themselves and catch the rain.

 

Sorry - I accidentally commented on these wonderful shots in your last post! But I'll say it again: fungi can be so lovely.

 

Excellent shots of the bracket fungi!

 

the first shot is magical... with the silver trees behind :)

 

The bark, the fungus, awesome! I love getting down in nature and shooting close and closer.

 

This is one of my absoloute favorite colors. I love how it stands out against the grey/brown background. Very nice. Thanks for sharing. If you have time, check out my post here www.adventureswithjessica.blogspot.com . I’m trying really hard to increase my number of followers and could use your help! Thanks!

 

I just love this series. That turquoise boat is really something. It looks like the jewels we see in silver jewelry! Gorgeous water shots, too.

 

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