A Composition of Decomposition

[AlanLichty]

A very small scene in the Hoh rainforest in Olympic National Park.

C&C always welcome.

 

[JimFox]

Now that's your kind of scene Alan! For me, I would run the other way as I don't like that. I am too squeemish I guess.

 

[AlanLichty]

Now that's your kind of scene Alan! For me, I would run the other way as I don't like that. I am too squeemish I guess.

Thanks Jim - I'm always on the hunt for scenes like this. These sorts of scenes don't exist in the deserts environments I lived in prior to moving up to the Pacific NW

 

[Alan Milnes]

Amazing detail Alan. Single exposure or stacked? Macro lens?

 

[AlanLichty]

Amazing detail Alan. Single exposure or stacked? Macro lens?

Thanks Alan - single exposure with a Canon 5D MkIV with an EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L lens 1/30s @f/10 ISO 100. Shot at 400mm with a focus distance of 1.87m according to the EXIF data. Not handheld.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

I like this. The pink dots (not sure what they are) makes this image for me. And I like your title as well.

 

[AlanLichty]

I like this. The pink dots (not sure what they are) makes this image for me. And I like your title as well.

Thanks Jameel - no clue what the little pink spheres are beyond being some flavor of fungi that appears to be happy on rotting wood. I decided they were worth a shot just because they seemed mysterious.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

perhaps a close-up of one of those pink-spotted elephants. Interesting, quality macro, Alan

 

[AlanLichty]

perhaps a close-up of one of those pink-spotted elephants. Interesting, quality macro, Alan

Thanks Eric - Pink-spotted elephants? You could almost cover this entire scene with your thumb

 

[Michael13]

Nicely seen conglomerate of colors and textures. Symbiosis in action!

 

[AlanLichty]

Nicely seen conglomerate of colors and textures. Symbiosis in action!

Thanks Michael - I love finding weird little scenes like this out in the woods and am always looking for more of them.

 

[Beth]

it's like a whole ecosystem inside an ecosystem.

 

[AlanLichty]

it's like a whole ecosystem inside an ecosystem.

Thanks - I think half the fun with a shot like this is spotting the little scenes in the first place.

 

[Joe Colozzo]

I don't know what I'm looking at but it's very colorful and interesting.

 

[AlanLichty]

I don't know what I'm looking at but it's very colorful and interesting.

Thanks Joe - I have tried to identify the small pink spheres a couple of times now but to no avail. The rest are varying forms of fungi that thrive on breaking down damp and rotting wood like this. Maybe the pink thingies are eggs left by aliens in anticipations of the upcoming invasion