40 Stunning Photographs of Nature, Up Close and Personal
“Slime Mould Spheres” by Barry Webb
Finalist, “Plants and Fungus”
On an old branch, mold is forming in a perfect, shiny, white globe shape on the end of two small black shoots
Photo: Barry Webb
This image was taken on a decaying Beech branch in a mixed woodland in Buckinghamshire, UK. There was a patch of orange jelly fungus, growing on the same piece of wood, a few centimetres behind the slime mould. The tripod was positioned carefully so that I could use the orange colouring of the fungus as a contrasting background to the white slime mould spheres. The great advantage of focus stacking is that it allows you to use a large aperture to create a pleasing, soft background.
Finalist, “Plants and Fungus”
On an old branch, mold is forming in a perfect, shiny, white globe shape on the end of two small black shoots
Photo: Barry Webb
This image was taken on a decaying Beech branch in a mixed woodland in Buckinghamshire, UK. There was a patch of orange jelly fungus, growing on the same piece of wood, a few centimetres behind the slime mould. The tripod was positioned carefully so that I could use the orange colouring of the fungus as a contrasting background to the white slime mould spheres. The great advantage of focus stacking is that it allows you to use a large aperture to create a pleasing, soft background.
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15 July 2022
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