PhotoProject :: Weaving a Natural Tapestry

A great thing to do with natural textures is use them to bring added interest to photos particularly the backgrounds. Further I have been encouraged by using my own sketches as filters for dreamscope, So today I am trying out a close up photo of lichen as my template for the filter. I am actually delighted, it brings a natural tapestry feel to my simple bird photos taken meters away from where I photographed the lichen. I’m letting Nature make some of her own marks on my work.

macro-pano

Three autostiched macro photos of a moss & lichen covered log. Few panoramic/image stitchers will sucessfully join macro photos due mainly to parallax issues, I have found Autostitch usually manages quite well.

This is typical of what would have once been found in the damp herb rich woodlands (vegatation group EVC3) that were originally extensive along the Victorian Coast, but these woodlands are now rated E3 Endangered, ie 90% of the area is in small patches subject to threatening process and unlikely to persist. The culprits grazing, weed invasion, inappropriate fire regimes, clearing for agriculture & plantations, and the demand for costal housing developments

For PhotoFriday's Topic Macro shot

Getting up close

Macro photography was for a long time a very specialised field, but most digital cameras will let you get within 20-30cm and still be in focus. Often these "up close" photos will bring out a strange composition and view that grabs everyones interest. Often you will have a button (or menu selection) that looks like a tulip (or some kind of flower) to set your digital camera into macro mode. In anycase it is probably worth having a look in your camera manual under the topic macro photography