She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes...

Paul Iddon

(sing along)

She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes...




Okie dokie, you can stop now... I think you get my drift...


This is a globular springtail clambering over a mountainous region (actually a stone about 5 inches long, but to the glob, it's a mountain!)


It is quite small. OK, it is very very small... About 1mm in length. This is actually the Dicyrtomina saundersi, one of the collembola springies.

Sigma 105 with 3 extension tubes attached, flash used.


Got a couple more of it,as it marched across this psuedo-landscape, but this is the best head-on view I managed.

C&C as always.


Exif:


Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: 105mm
Image Date: 2011-01-24 22:52:31 +0000
Focal Length: 105mm
Aperture: f/11.0
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
ISO equiv: 200
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, return light detected)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: A View of the UK - Paul Iddon Photography







Paul.

jackiejay

Okay now that songs stuck in my head and Ive already got a headache now I have to listen to myself sing in my head lol:))cool shot love the title

Lord Vetinari

LOvely shot Paul - they certainly are good mountaineers !
Brian V.

Paul Iddon

Thank you Jackie. Hope it doesn't stick for tooo long..

Cheers Brian. I'm not sure where the purpleness came from though.


Here's a different, brighter angle:





Paul.

DeVil

Nice! I like both photos

Paul Iddon

Thanks Devil.


Paul.

GOLDENORFE

really like the first frame paul

light/contrast looks too harsh in second.
looked for ages in garden yesterday could not find a single springtail!

Paul Iddon

Thanks Phil.

I found another half a dozen later - just under the rim of the compost bin lid.


Paul.