Der große Makro Thread

[Manualman]

This slime mold is the first (still no mushrooms) after months of drought.

Olympus EM-1, Olympus m4/3 30mm macro at f11.

The fuzzy surface is due to fine surface, spore-bearing structures. The ghostly, larger, transparent blobs are undifferentiated plasmodium.

Photographed in bright, cloudy daylight, hand held.

Update: Update: As is often the case with this species, the following day I found the colony shriveled and it will not recover.

FOV 20mm wide then crop.

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Olympus EM-1, Printing Nikkor 105mm.

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I think I might going about it the wrong way

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Second morning since emergence.


Possibly the most common slime mould.


The sun was shining but this was in shade. Whatever the lighting, this species produces unsightly highlights (dealt with).


Sony A7r3, approx. 200mm extension, Printing Nikkor 105mm at f9.5, SO 5000, hand-held.


The colony was almost the size of the frame at minimum extension. Software optimization would have taken the edges of the colony out of the frames so these are as shot.

The shiny, bluish trail is from a slug.

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Olympus EM-1, Kiron 105mm f11, flash.

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Olympus EM1, Kiron 105mm, twin flash.

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Greece 2012.

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Olympus EM-1, Leitz Elmarit 60mm Macro.

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Olympus EM-1, Leitz Elmarit 60mm Macro. Cropped ca 50%.

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Olymous EM-1, Printing Nikkor 105mm at f11, hand held.

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