#photostack

The last of today's hoarfrost images are these four focus stacks. I am having to do manual focus changes as I am to poor to have a rail or fancier gear. That being said I am pretty happy with the quality

This image ended up pretty killer. I love all the hairs and the ice crystals that have grown on the ends of those hairs. It got nice and cold last night, 15F/-9C and there was a good amount of moisture

It got nice and cold last night, 15F/-9C and there was a good amount of moisture in the air, so we got a nice layer of hoarfrost that built up some pretty killer structures. This is the first in the series

Using the little bit of sunlight that hits the garden and house this time of year I found this snail shell near my strawberry plants. The shell had been under the plastic mulch that was laid down during

Mullein is an extremely useful plant in many aspects of life. It is commonly used in a medicinal intent with most making a tea to help with respiratory issues. The stalks provide a ready source of seeds

The sun has finally come out and the clouds are gone so I am out trying to take full advantage of the light. The temperature is right at freezing still so the frost has not turned, allowing me to get some

I have yet to Id it. It grows on most all the rocks in the creek and lives through the freezing winters, heat of the summers, lack of water, and inundated by water. The growth appears to be quite slow

Cladonia chlorophaea Lichens are on almost every surface around the farm. The trees, the sheds, the rocks, the bushes, the ground all have a form of lichen that grows on them. There are a large variety

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Our farm holds a wealth of really awesome subjects to photograph and today I was able to get an incredible shot of this blade of grass holding a lineup of water drops. The drops are all magnifying the