Orange mini mushroom brighten up the green moss like a little gem in the old fairytale forest. Nature is the forest´s perfect stylist.
Category: Macro
Winter – not yet
It is November and still the winter hasn’t arrived here in Norway. In this time of the year we use to have temperatures below zero and it is time for snow. But we still have a rather warm autumn and in the forest there still grows mushrooms.
On Friday when I went for a walk it was 13 C and the sun was shining. It was a wonderful day. I went to a view point in mye neighborhood, the first photo. The mushroom on the second photo is beautiful even though it is getting old and fading very soon. I am not sure what type it is and if it is edible, but it could be Hygrophorus hypothejus also known as “herald of the winter”.
Sunny forest details
Autumn is my favorite time of the year in many ways:
- The temperature is very nice (not too hot)
- The air is crisp and fresh
- The sun is much lower in the sky = good light for forest photograpy
- Mushrooms
- Multicolored leaves
- Beautiful decay of flowers and plants
On some of my walks I find a lot of mushrooms, in other walks I can spot different forest details. Especially when the sun is shining a photo safari in the woods can be very interesting when it comes to light and colors.
Sun through fern leaves
Bokeh overload
Mushrooms in October
After some days with heavy rain I went out for a walk nearby our house. I hoped to find some mushrooms to shoot. It was a quite short walk as the paths around here was muddy and very wet, some of them turn into creeks after the rainfall.
Well, I was lucky and found some mushrooms. I love to shoot mushrooms and this autumn they have been difficult to find. I was lucky to find some on my little walk, but they probably are the last ones this season. This week we actually had one day with snow, so winter awaits just around the corner.
Through the forest
Walking in the forest has always been one of my favorite things to do. When I was a child I loved to go for forest walks with my father. He thought me a lot of different plants, trees and berries. Maybe that’s why I grew so fond of macro photography.
It is a good combination to be fond of walks in the woods and macro photography. Finding the right target for macro photography takes some time so you have to walk slowly and use your eyes. It is necessary to leave the path because the most interesting macro targets often can be found on old tree logs, stones or hidden in the moss. Sometimes the sun beams hit a tree or a stone and gives you a lovely scenery when you walk by. For me walking through the forest it’s like being a part of a fairytale.
Fern
I was reading on wikipedia when I looked up fern that there are probably about 15000 different sorts of fern worldwide. About 200 sorts in Europe and 45 sorts in Norway. Interesting.
They kind of decorate the forest growing on a layer of moss which again grows on a stone, on an old tree log or a dead tree and alongside a little creek or covers an open field between the birches.
Fern
Reach for the sunlight
early spring
all curled up
Unfold
turning bright green
during summer
Color change
when autumn comes
curling up again
Wonderful autumn
Autumn is a wonderful time of the year when nature present a beautiful and colorful world.
Walking through the woods and watch the leaves, still on the trees, in all shades of red, yellow and brown is just a beautiful and inspiring experience.
Leaves covers the path I am walking on and the sound of them beneath my feet is kind of joyful and reminds me of a little child playing, gathering a pile of leaves, throwing them up in the air, laughing as they fall down to the ground.
Calluna vulgaris
Ling or Calluna vulgaris is a beautiful late summer flower growing in Norwegian pine forests and in the mountains. The evergreen shrub can be over 50 years old and sometimes it cover large areas. When it is in full bloom it is just like a pink carpet covering the ground.
Orchids in Norway
I always thought of orchids as an exotic flower, so I think it is fantastic that there is wild orchids to be found in Norway too. They may not be quite as beautiful as the ones you find in more tropic areas, but they are beautiful in their own way.
In the forest close to were I live you can find one of the most common orchids growing in Norway, Dactylorhiza maculata also known as heath spotted or moorland spotted orchid.
Blueberry
Walking in the forest is like walking in a very large art gallery except you have to find your own beautiful treasures amongst thousands of displayed items.
It is fun to follow the development of the forest plants throughout the year. I always get excited when I find the blueberry plants (Vaccinium myrtillus) displaying their light pink flowers in May. The shape of the flower is very beautiful and reminds me of a greek ancient vase.
The photos show the blueberry plant in three stages.
Anne Floa 