Moss on wall

Great colours, textures & light love it

Very nice. I love the way the sun shines on the moss and brightens the colours which makes the little stems show up.

Great

Regards, Horst

Thanks for your comments. These tiny mosses are growing on an old wall that runs roughly north-south, and there is only a short time in the early afternoon when the sun is just right (and there hasn't been much sun lately!). In full sun, the contrast is surprisingly poor. As it is, I have pushed the contrast up to the point where the white lichens are bleaching out, in order to show the little spore capsules (sporangia) and their stems well. In another two or three weeks the spores will have been shed and these pixie caps will disappear.
I have uploaded some similar photos to my flickr photostream, but this is the image I like best.

Martin

This is a very detailed explanation.

I wish more people made the effort to do it that way . Especially Flora and Fauna and some landscapes. It is always very interesting to read the where- and what-fores etc.
Regards, Horst

I agree with you Horst.

There is a spectrum across the art world in general and especially among photographers.

Many art gallery curators are of the "Let the art speak for itself" category. They want to exhibit fine art without any distraction of names, dates, historical information or context. I am towards the other end of the spectrum. I like to record things, like a technician would, and I like to be given information by other photographers (etc) about place, time of day, special circumstances.

Apologies for not being able to give the botanical species of the moss. Even my wife, whose first degree is in botany, says: "Oh, mosses are very difficult!".

Martin