0901_0526 British Soldier Lichen
I always found it an odd name for this red-capped lichen, as British soldiers wore red tunics, not hats. But what fun to photograph!
After trying to photograph these - mostly unsuccessfully - during my many years on Canada's west coast, I finally got lucky a couple of years before relocating to the prairie. We'd received a few inches of snow, something that doesn't happen every winter in that part of the world. I was prowling a local hillside when a flash of red caught my eye. The melting snow provided what all those other photo ops did not: uncluttered surroundings and background!
So, I set up my tripod and macro lens and went to work. Cloudy skies helped keep the colours rich and soft. These were the days before massive megapixel sensors, of course, but the 10 MP Nikon D200 was a decent camera in its day, and my friend Madonna now has it (and uses it).
Two more ice-cool shots coming as we start a new week amid the sweltering heat of mid-August.
Photographed in Metchosin, Vancouver Island, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2009 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
0901_0526 British Soldier Lichen
I always found it an odd name for this red-capped lichen, as British soldiers wore red tunics, not hats. But what fun to photograph!
After trying to photograph these - mostly unsuccessfully - during my many years on Canada's west coast, I finally got lucky a couple of years before relocating to the prairie. We'd received a few inches of snow, something that doesn't happen every winter in that part of the world. I was prowling a local hillside when a flash of red caught my eye. The melting snow provided what all those other photo ops did not: uncluttered surroundings and background!
So, I set up my tripod and macro lens and went to work. Cloudy skies helped keep the colours rich and soft. These were the days before massive megapixel sensors, of course, but the 10 MP Nikon D200 was a decent camera in its day, and my friend Madonna now has it (and uses it).
Two more ice-cool shots coming as we start a new week amid the sweltering heat of mid-August.
Photographed in Metchosin, Vancouver Island, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2009 James R. Page - all rights reserved.