Monthly Archives: January 2023

Dried fungus

This little guy (couple of cm )was found in amongst a pot plant that I was photographing the other day.  It is all dried up but I loved the texture.  The black background is black velvet – gosh is that tricky to get properly spotless.  I have never tried stacking photography and I think would have looked much better using that method. Nothing is properly in focus so I will give it another go.

dried fungus on black cbackground

Photos of pot plants.

Happy New Year.  I have not picked up my camera in quite a few months so I thought I had better use it again before I forget how to.  It is too cold for me outside just now as my arthritic hands just won’t work at all when cold.  Even my craft room is only 14°C  so not great.  Over on A Year With My Camera (AYWMC) I joined the  ‘Plants and flowers’ group once I had completed the course, and January’s topic is: potted plants indoors or outdoors so I took a few photos.  Both batteries for my camera had run out of juice so while I waited for them to charge I used my phone to do an overhead shot of an oxalis. Cropped, a filter and vignette added – I do like the effect but maybe a bit OTT.

Oxalis palmifrons with filter, taken from above
Oxalis palmifrons

Once my batteries were charged I used my mirrorless camera to take a couple of shots against a black background.

Oxalis palmifrons side lit foliage
Oxalis palmifrons
Aeonium Voodoo on a black background
Aeonium Voodoo