“Soft Ferns”

Sony A58 with Sigma 70-300mm APO Macro lens @ 300mm, f5.6, 1/60s, ISO 200. Shot at Wild Iris Ridge.

close up of fern fronds

Thanks to AI, finding recipes online written by actual people (and making actual food) is getting increasingly difficult. Yet another way in which all this LLM horsepucky is making everything worse.

“The Moss Endures”

Sony A58 with Sigma 70-300mm APO Macro lens @ 300mm, f5.6, 1/60s, ISO 100.

fallen oak leaf on a mossy rock

“Nobody Home”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/40s, ISO 200. Shot along the Fall Creek National Recreation Trail.

tiny empty snail shell

“New Life From Old”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/40s, ISO 400. Shot along the Fall Creek National Recreation Trail.

clump of mushrooms on a burned log

“My Lovely Hat”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/40s, ISO 250. Shot along the Fall Creek National Recreation Trail.

orange mushroom growing out of a burnt log

“After the Fire”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/10, 1/40s, ISO 1250. Shot along the Koch Mountain Trail.

“Lonely”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 15mm, f/8.0, 1/250s, ISO 250. Lookout atop Waldo Mountain.

weathered cabin in poor shape

“Buddies”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 800. Shot along the Jim Weaver Loop Trail.

a pair of mushrooms

“Waldo Lake Morning”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 1/20s, ISO 12800.

early morning lake with trees and clouds