Macros

Raindrops become glassy hemispheres, each holding a miniature reflection of the surrounding grasses and autumn colors. Rain Held Close reveals the quiet geometry of water gathering on a fallen oak leaf in the moments after a storm at this scale. The leaf’s surface, textured and weathered, turns into a landscape of its own—where droplets cling, merge, and create fleeting patterns that shift with the slightest breeze. In the calm that follows heavy weather, the forest floor offers a world of fine details, often missed but full of subtle brilliance.

Rain Held Close
A quiet world distilled into droplets.
After the storm, an oak leaf becomes a basin for the smallest reflections. Beads of rain cling to its surface, forming crystal domes that magnify the colors of grass and autumn debris around them.

Candleflame in the Company of a Shadow, its warm yellow lobes erupt from a shadow of Common Greenshield. The Candleflame contrasting with the pale grays of Powdery Shield and the muted green-gray tones of Mealy Shadow. Each species occupies a different microtexture of the elm bark: Candleflame filling cracks with its fine soredia, Powdery Shield forming crisp-edged tiny rosettes, and Mealy Shadow spreading more loosely across the surface. The three together reveal the complexity of lichen communities at sub-millimeter scales.

Candleflame in the Company of Shadows Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk IV
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Settings: ISO 200 • Aperture f/13 • Shutter 5 s
E21A8057 • Size: 2208×1472

Apothecium Close-up
A single, well-developed laminal apothecium.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk IV
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Settings: ISO 200 • Aperture f/13 • Shutter 15 s
E21A8248A • Size: 1373x2059

Apothecia Among Folded Lobes
Multiple laminal apothecia embedded within rugose lobes.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk IV
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Settings: ISO 200 • Aperture f/13 • Shutter 15 s
E21A8248B • Size: 1326x884

Apothecium with Pale Thalline Margin
Rare laminal apothecia with brown discs and pale thalline margins.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk IV
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Settings: ISO 200 • Aperture f/13 • Shutter 15 s
E21A8248C • Size: 1694x1129