Focus-stacked Fungi etc

As well as the previous blog post of single-exposure images with my Fuji Compact, I also took several focus stacks with the Olympus 60mm macro lens of the various frosted specimens and also this daisy among the frosty grass and leaves.

Toft Meadow - First Frosts

A light ground frost last night and a beautiful clear sunny morning though, with strong northly wind, it felt very cold. The Bourn Brook and Meadows looked stunning in the clear morning light and there were lots of icy toadstools to photograph so a couple of hours disappeared from a busy schedule!

Flowering Late or Early - Climate Change?

With the lack of frosts and the generally moist and relatively warm conditions, there are lots of wild flowers open in my Cambridgeshire garden that would normally be dormant such as the Red Campion, Dandelion, Primrose, Knapweed, Chicory (a new self-seeded species this year) and Chickweed plus some naturalised species - Linaria, Alkanet and Corydalis. Various garden perennials are still flowering or are starting early like the Jasmine and Erysium (wallflower) while some annuals such as Cosmos and Marigolds are from this year's seeds.

Where Are All the Berries

In our part of the country (Cambridgeshire) berries are in very short supply, with Hawthorn bushes mainly devoid of any haws. Fieldfares have arrived but are feeding on fall-down apples at the moment - worried for them and other species this winter if we do have cold spells. Various Fungi have appeared in Toft Wood and fields.