Moss, Fungus and Lichen

Lichen and Moss

I found this rock recently.  I thought of Liz Alderdice while I was making it this image.  I think that the rock, itself, is granite.  It is covered with lichen.  The moss grows on top.  My reading seems to indicated that lichen is a symbiosis of moss and fungus.  I liked the shapes of the growing moss.  The like the lichen for a background.  

False Turkey tail

The above rock rests near this growth of fungus.  I have shown it before.  I made this shot to show that the inner portion of the "fan" has developed a green color.  Also note, if possible, the Folios Lichen growing near the green inner portion.  I almost always try to really "be there" when I make an image.  I spend time at the location.  I look around and try to think of alternative ways to make the image.  It was while "being there" that I discovered the rock at the top.

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The Decorated Rooms

Front Bedroom

The is the most recently decorated room.  Carol does it because it is fun.  Marilyn recognizes her ability.

Front Bedroom

Carol enhances many of her hangings.  She is a careful shopper and keeps the price down.  She and her daughter Caren painted the walls in this room.

Master Bedroom

I got to fill holes and work with curtain rods on this room.  

Living Room

We finished this room about the same time as the front bedroom.  This shot was a challenge because of the two kinds of light.

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Wife the Decorator

Carol with Gerber Daisy

Carol, my wife, loves my shot of the Gerber Daisy.  She uses it a lot in her decorating.  She has been doing some decorating for her sister, Marilyn.

Marilyn and Carol

This picture shows them sitting in a newly decorated bedroom watching a show on the new TV.

Marilyn is one of my biggest fans.  She has quite a few of my pictures.

Carol uses Larry's Images in Decorating

Tomorrow I will show you some of the rooms she decorated.

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Slight Camera Angle Change

GNC Frog Pond

The light on the Cattails caught my attention the other morning.  I thought that the textured ice made a nice background.  Almost as an after thought, I rotated the camera on the tripod slightly to the right.  I try to think of as many variations as I can when I work.  It is what I call, "being there."

GNC Frog Pond

I think that the rotation added a new dimension to the image.  It gave my eye further to travel and gave a dynamic effect lacking in the first shot.  

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Stream Report

Log in Stream

I noticed this log in the stream the other day.  It appears that  someone is trying to divert the water to the north channel.  It looked to me like someone cut this piece off the log pictured below.

Log

It looks to me like the cuts match.  It might have helped but I think that the stream will continue to choose the south channel.  Why?  Because it wants to.

Bridge Three

I appears to me that the most of the water is flowing in the left channel, south channel though some still flows in the right one.  It is a never ending job.  It is a great bridge which I am sure that we all love.  Thanks, bridge maintenance guy.  If you read this, tell me who you are.

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Pond Shots

Grass in the Pond

I have been watching this grass growing into the pond and waiting for the right light.  It came the other morning.  The colors are complementary.  We have had snow on the ice so the smooth patina is gone but the texture of the ice is still interesting.

An interesting phenomenon that I observed that same morning was a circle in the center of the pond.  There is a little platform for turtles and birds in the center.  I floats and is anchored to the bottom.  There was a "crop circle" around it in what appeared to be a perfect circle.

Turtle Rest with Circle

I have done some thinking about this.  The most feasible explanation, to me, is that the platform moved around its anchor just enough to create the circle.  From time-lapse photography I have observed it moving.  The ice was thin and melting and so its movement created this circle.  What do you think caused it?

This shot had some lens flare as discussed in my Jan 22, 2012 blog.  I tried to apply the fix but could not remember it.  I must have deleted it accidentally after I wrote about it.  I decided to become a member of Ask Tim Grey Newsletter so that I could search the archives.  I discovered that Tim is now sending out a PDF monthly digest of the news letters.  I was able to locate the information that I needed to show this ice circle.  I will eventually learn this.  I think that I need more practice so maybe I will create another image with flare. 

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Ice Patina

GNC Pond

Several weeks ago, we had ice on the pond which had not been covered by snow.  This seldom happens.  I really liked the reflections of the sky on it!

GNC Pond

We may not see it any more this winter.  This is not thin ice.

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