Meresands Wood Fungi Foray

Yesterday John and I went to Meresands Woods Rufford, we had a fabulous day out, as always, we LOL I found loads of brilliant fungi, LOL John kept walking past them without seeing them which is very unusual here 4 shots of 3 species , A really funny thing happened as I was looking through my eyepiece at the Raspberry mould a massive hairy caterpillar walked into view I went woow whats that Ha Ha,

Really enjoyed our day there, Ive got quite a few more to process today

Fly Agaric Mushrooms Amanita Muscaria Ellerbeck Coppull Nr Chorley Lancashire

Today John, Gary and I went to Ellerbeck and old coal mining area in Coppull Nr Chorley Lancashire, I've not been there for 40yrs, its changed quite a lot and we found lots of species, we found lots of fungi including the Fly Agaric Mushrooms Amanita Muscaria, they poisonous are also know as magic mushroom for their hallucinogenic properties , causing psychedelic effects, eating them would not kill you but give you a nasty stomach ache, when you've come down off your trip LOL

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Rose Thorn And Water Droplet

I was bored so had a ride to Johns and shot this Rose Thorn And Water Droplet in his garden, I think its sharp LOL

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Todays Fungi Hunt

Today John, Gary and I, went to Duxbury park Chorley Lancashire, on a fungi hunt, we managed to find some nice specimens including Glistening Ink caps and Sulphur Tuft mushrooms, on the way back to the car the heavens opened we didnt get that wet as we managed to shelter under some trees

Looking forward to getting more fungi tomorrow

A Few Macro From Yesterday

A Few Macro From Yesterday forage at Birkacre Yarrow Valley Chorley Lancashire

Last ones a go at filling the frame

Not The Kind Of Processing I usually Do

Heres a shot of Tyler Our Chocolate Labrador, that I processed as a sketch, its not something I normally do, but just thought it suited this shot, what do you think of it?

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Yeahhh Fungi Seasons Here

Yesterday John, Gary and I went out fungi hunting today in Darwen, we had a good day out, found a few nice species, I used natural light on all the shots with carefully placed white reflectors it took me about 30 mins to get the shot of #1 as the sun was in and out, and I was waiting for the right light after placing my reflectors, bet John and Gary where bored waiting, not really they were doing their own thing

Hope you enjoyed seeing them as much as I did taking the shots

Todays Macro A Pine Cone

I went out with John and Gary today, I found this little pine cone approx 1/2" long, so I brought it home and did a couple of shots below,

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Shooting Wheat Fields Standish

Today John Andy and I went shooting wheat fields in Standish Nr Chorley Lancashire, the light was very dull and flat, also it was very cloudy, so didnt get so many good shots, I decided to turn my camera on John and Andy LOL

Thanks for looking

3 Shots From Todays Walk To Primrose Hill Birkacre

3 shots from today's walk, with John and Andy, to primrose hill Birkacre, Straw Dot moths are about 1/2" long, we were lucky to see him pounce on it, the weather wasn't the best with intermittent showers, still we had good fun and got some good shots

hope you like them, please feel free to comment as they are much appreciated

Another day crawling around on hands and knee for these Common Blue Butterfly Studies, John,Gary and I went to the dragonfly pond and Hic Bibi reserve, heres a shot of 2 common blue butterflies mating, we had loads of fun

Hope you enjoy seeing my images of them

Comparing The Meerkat Dot Com

Yesterday we took our Daughter, Son in law and 5 grandchildren to Bowland Wild Boar Park Chipping Lancashire, we had a fun family day out, heres 3 shots of the Meerkats, Cuties arent they!!!

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