Thursday, April 06, 2006

Trapper Creek Minutia


Went on a hike last Sunday in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest near Carson, WA--http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/. The forest was beautiful on the large scale, of course. But once I started taking pictures of these amazing mushrooms, I started noticing the smaller plant life. Worlds within worlds.



These ferns were tiny and carpeted the forest floor. I didn't "see" them until we were nose-to-nose, as I tried to steady the camera on the underside of my fungi.

I didn't like what the flash did to this shot at first, but then I noticed how it highlighted the tiny lichens growing on the log.

Brilliant!

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