So many on here remain completely silent. It would be great to have another view on life and another set of opinions. Welcome to the K1 set.

They are all massively better than anything I've managed to produce ! The sheer number of colours is simply jaw dropping.

You could lose me for a whole afternoon there !

I like your walk. Just what I enjoy and you convey the 'flavour' of it very well.

Wow. A real live Golem !

The effort they put into their appearance is phenomenal. You have some excellent shots there!

I'll be the spoilsport. I recognized it at once - but then, I do grow acers from seed. I confess I haven't see one with those lovely colours though. Great detail too.

That outing was time well spent I think and your reaction to them was a lovely icing on the cake. Thank you all for your encouragement.

A lot of toadstools are just that - a lot of toadstools. Others just have to be photographed - if you can spot them, that is.
These looked like tiny white flecks on the moss covered trunk of a huge ash tree. I almost walked past because I was searching the forest floor for more conventional fungi. Most of the Mycenaceae family are small, bonnet shaped beasties whose fruiting bodies emerge when damp autumn days arrive. Their common names reflect their appearance, in this case Frosty due to their colour and particularly the 'frosting' of granular stuff over the 'bonnet' and an icy looking fringe around the edges. They are also semi transparent, giving an even colder appearance.
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2. We all know the size of moss fronds such as grow on tree trunks and branches. This gives a bit of scale to just how tiny these things are.



3. The granulation on the top makes you think the focus is out while setting up the shots but it really is there.



4. This one shows how translucent they are. The intricacy of detail is amazing for something so small that is 90% water.



5. They lend themselves to more pictorial photographs too, as well as being 'interesting' formal subjects.


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All taken with a K1, a 1.4x AF rear converter and an F series 100mm macro lens. I wasn't anticipating these particular subjects and wasn't expecting to dismantle the optics. Consequently I left the converter's caps and pouch at home and it had to stay on. No way could the AF function in those light levels and the converter only added to the problem! Manual focusing - (the F100 has a minuscule, short throw focus ring!) - long exposures and IR remote release were needed here. That aside, the results certainly show what the kit is capable of.

That's some great PR you have done for the place there. Never heard of it. Now I want to see it.