Close-up, Fungi, kunanyi, OM-1, Photography

and into the night …

I’m not sure if it gets any better than this? Fungi heaven.

Fungi were one of the first forms of life on our planet, Earth.

I’m reading a book before I sleep, called “When Galaxies Collide” by Lisa Harvey-Smith. Below is part of our Galaxy, The Milky Way, as seen overhead where I live.

It has six spiral arms and a Supermassive Black Whole at it’s centre, as do many of the other millions of Galaxies floating about the Universe. There are more stars (suns) in the universe than there are grains of sand on earth, yet our planet remains the only known one with life on it. We’re very lucky to be here, thinking.

Think.

Thanks for visiting my tiny insignificant beautiful corner of the universe.

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14 thoughts on “and into the night …”

    1. Thanks Anneli, it sure does! We have wonderfully clear skies this week, which has allowed heat to escape into the atmosphere. With a large high pressure system stuck over Tasmania – above 1044.3 hectopascals, if confirmed, beats the previous Australian record from 1967. It’s producing cold air and heavy frosts, with some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded here, -13.5C in the central highland lakes area.

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    1. Thanks Morgaine,
      I’m very critical of my own photos with the aim to always improve, but I’m having a hard time giving myself a hard time with these ones, one happy snapper 😀

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  5. Hey Tone,

    Thanks for another fantastic series!

    The second photo you used as a header is stunning. It inspired me to try shooting with macro too. It’s a type of photography I haven’t really gotten the hang of yet like you have.

    I checked out some tips on your site and plan to dive deeper into it. I noticed you use the Oly 60mm lens—I have it too but haven’t used it yet, even though I’ve had it for a year.

    And that galaxy photo—wow!

    Hope you have a great day, Tone!

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  6. Thanks for the comment and I’m so glad I’ve inspired you!
    It has taken me a while to “master” (still not sure I have) the 60mm macro, it has a few quirks, but once you get used to how the focus selector knob works, and the 1:1 focusing, it gets easier. Just shoot anything to practice – along a ruler is good!
    The other part is learning about the in-camera focus stacking and experimenting with the best settings to use there. There is a search function on my blog which might help you find relevant posts with tips. I should do a revised single post with settings and everything in it I’ve learnt. 😀

    The Galaxy photo was taken with the OM-1 and Laowa 7.5mm f2.0 lens. f4.0, 20 seconds (any longer and the stars blur), ISO 3200. Edited in DxO Photolab and finished in Photoshop CS6.

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