Macro Lichen: 10 reasons to make it your new favourite hobby for 2016

normhead · 01-28-2016, 07:35 PM

I just did some today, scary...

**bobbotron** · 01-28-2016, 08:00 PM

Originally posted by normhead

I just did some today, scary...

Algonquin and area has some fantastic lichen!

hangman43 · 01-31-2016, 08:32 PM - **1 Like**

**jacamar** · 02-01-2016, 06:59 AM

A couple more...

hangman43 · 02-01-2016, 11:41 AM

les3547 · 02-21-2016, 03:34 PM - **1 Like**

Voigtlander 90mm with its close-up diopter attached:

_Ben · 02-21-2016, 07:21 PM

Got this one today on a walk with the kids. I've kind of been geeking out on Silver Efex Pro a little much lately after being a bit of a black and white film snob.

Sony A7, Venus Laowa 15mm.

**bobbotron** · 02-21-2016, 09:08 PM

Originally posted by jacamar

A couple more...

That second one is just amazing!

SteveM · 02-21-2016, 09:28 PM - **2 Likes**

Tracked down my great great grandparents graves....

**jacamar** · 02-27-2016, 12:56 PM - **1 Like**

Pixie Cups: cross-posted

**jacamar** · 03-06-2016, 12:51 PM

Getting back to slime moulds for a moment, I found a shot I had forgotten about from a trip to Washington State a few years ago. Cross-posted.

**grey goat** · 12-02-2017, 10:56 AM

You folks who've posted may or may not be following this thread, but I just looked at it for the first time and really enjoyed it. Lichens have been a love of mine for a long time, and it's good to see other people--photographers, at that--taking note of them. The same goes for slime molds, too (great images, jacamar!). And liverworts, which no one's mentioned, but which there are some of surrounding the lichen and slime mold in jacamar's photograph above.

I used to have this crazy idea of traveling all over the continent photographing lichens. Then, about 17 years or so ago, I discovered the tome by Brodo and the Sharnoffs, Lichens of North America. If you haven't seen this book, look it up in a good library. It's absolutely gorgeous. And it is a tome: it's bigger and heavier than an old Baseball Encyclopedia, which was always a way-hefty volume. Lichens of North America is most definitely NOT a field guide: for that, I turn to Joe Walewski's Lichens of the North Woods, a spiffy field guide that will actually fit easily in your camera bag or back pocket (or in your overall's bib pockets).

I know my post here is nearly two years after-the-fact, but you folks have brightened my day, and I hope you're still focusing your macro lenses on lichens. I really like what y'all have posted in this thread.

**jacamar** · 12-02-2017, 12:13 PM

Thanks grey goat. There are a few more lichens and liverworts in this thread:

Plants without flowers - PentaxForums.com

There's also a fungus thread with at least a few slime moulds.

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01-28-2016, 07:35 PM	#16
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	I just did some today, scary...

01-28-2016, 08:00 PM	#17
bobbotron Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ottawa, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,349 Original Poster	Originally posted by normhead I just did some today, scary... Algonquin and area has some fantastic lichen!

01-31-2016, 08:32 PM - 1 Like	#18
hangman43 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hueytown, Alabama Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,508

02-01-2016, 06:59 AM	#19
jacamar Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto Photos: Albums Posts: 3,443	A couple more...

02-01-2016, 11:41 AM	#20
hangman43 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hueytown, Alabama Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,508

02-21-2016, 03:34 PM - 1 Like	#21
les3547 Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Sebastopol, California Photos: Albums Posts: 2,020	Voigtlander 90mm with its close-up diopter attached:

02-21-2016, 07:21 PM	#22
_Ben Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Pensacola Florida Photos: Gallery Posts: 130	Got this one today on a walk with the kids. I've kind of been geeking out on Silver Efex Pro a little much lately after being a bit of a black and white film snob. Sony A7, Venus Laowa 15mm.

02-21-2016, 09:08 PM	#23
bobbotron Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ottawa, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,349 Original Poster	Originally posted by jacamar A couple more... That second one is just amazing!

02-21-2016, 09:28 PM - 2 Likes	#24
SteveM Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Vancouver Island, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,294	Tracked down my great great grandparents graves....

02-27-2016, 12:56 PM - 1 Like	#25
jacamar Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto Photos: Albums Posts: 3,443	Pixie Cups: cross-posted

03-06-2016, 12:51 PM	#26
jacamar Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto Photos: Albums Posts: 3,443	Getting back to slime moulds for a moment, I found a shot I had forgotten about from a trip to Washington State a few years ago. Cross-posted.

12-02-2017, 10:56 AM	#27
grey goat Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spring Green, WI Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 926	You folks who've posted may or may not be following this thread, but I just looked at it for the first time and really enjoyed it. Lichens have been a love of mine for a long time, and it's good to see other people--photographers, at that--taking note of them. The same goes for slime molds, too (great images, jacamar!). And liverworts, which no one's mentioned, but which there are some of surrounding the lichen and slime mold in jacamar's photograph above. I used to have this crazy idea of traveling all over the continent photographing lichens. Then, about 17 years or so ago, I discovered the tome by Brodo and the Sharnoffs, Lichens of North America. If you haven't seen this book, look it up in a good library. It's absolutely gorgeous. And it is a tome: it's bigger and heavier than an old Baseball Encyclopedia, which was always a way-hefty volume. Lichens of North America is most definitely NOT a field guide: for that, I turn to Joe Walewski's Lichens of the North Woods, a spiffy field guide that will actually fit easily in your camera bag or back pocket (or in your overall's bib pockets). I know my post here is nearly two years after-the-fact, but you folks have brightened my day, and I hope you're still focusing your macro lenses on lichens. I really like what y'all have posted in this thread.

12-02-2017, 12:13 PM	#28
jacamar Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto Photos: Albums Posts: 3,443	Thanks grey goat. There are a few more lichens and liverworts in this thread: Plants without flowers - PentaxForums.com There's also a fungus thread with at least a few slime moulds.