This year Autumn seems to be extra colourful and extra long. I have been gazing all week at the extraordinary hues of the sycamores and beech trees in my neighbourhood. Some photos will follow in another post. But I thought I couldn’t let Autumn pass without at least one shot of another characteristic part of the season, funghi.
And then of course there has to be a minibeast. This shot of a spiderling will never be a competition image – the background is too busy. But I could hardly resist sharing the little critter’s autumnal livery.
Finally, here’s a truly terrible shot but I include it because it is my first ever recognisable photo of a bat in flight! Karen Anderson, of Modern Memory Keeping, and I went for a morning stroll in Painshill Park the other day and to our astonishment spotted this bat flitting about between the trees. Of course, I had my macro lens on, but I gave it a go anyway. What the little thing thought it was doing out and about at nearly noon is anyone’s guess. I suspect stocking up on some last minute protein before hibernation.
More endless Autumn next time.
Or, it was rabid . . .
. . . I need to find me some mushrooms to shoot; those look very nice.
Our autumn is continuing too – 21 degrees in the garden yesterday! I loved the bat, it looked very big to me.
Loved all three shots. Especially the delicate looking ‘shrooms.
I have never seen bats flying during the day and I lived in a house for 25 years that had them in the roof !
Love the mushrooms
Swooning over that mushroom shot!!
Thank you! 🙂
Beautiful little mushrooms! I have a bit of an affinity for them. (The bat most likely is diseased.)
Shrooms are surprisingly photogenic, aren’t they. I am sorry to hear that the bat was probably diseased.