I went for a walk in the park by my house and took my camera along, decided to play with the black and white setting:

Great, Black/white photos like that are just what I like!


Some new from myself, taken the last weeks, also black and white:

A few minutes of walking into the woods, very cool place:


From the same forest, looking up on the mountain overlooking us here:


A big tree root, looks like a cave:


Standing inside the same root:



Taken in the evening some nights ago:

Niice!
Where's this?

Somewhere near Furzley, in the New Forest.

But, what country?

UK, methinks.

ForestCorpse, those are really awesome.

Sick photo, it reminds me a lot of this album cover:



You guys are both from Finland, coincidence or not?

EDIT: oh wait, you're from Norway. Ha, silly me.

Probably Phidippus audax (Bold Jumper)




Andricus parmula (Disc Gall Wasp) on Quercus berberidifolia



Maybe Cladonia cariosa


Besbicus multipunctatus (Gray Midrib Gall Wasp) on Quercus douglasii


Disholcaspis plumbella (Beaked Twig Gall Wasp) on Quercus berberidifolia






Yours reminds me of a Usnea sp., not sure if that is right. Mine likely needs microscopy and a dissecting microscope to see what I am cutting...

Thanks!

Alnitak, Alnilam & Mintaka

I was ski hiking yesterday and took a few pictures as well. It was a very nice trip although I almost fell through ice when skiing on the Lake Ritojärvi.

yeah not bad for an amatuer.

I liked the footprint one...it's kind of eerie with the combination of those dragging marks.

PhilosophicalFrog: Thanks a lot!

Cynical_Misanthropy: Haha, yes it is a little similar!

666Emperor666: Amazing photos as always, I want to travel to finland in winter one day..!

Some new one from me, taken on saturday when I went for a smal walk:

Very nice forestcorpse - Paysage d'Hiver.

My first experience taking photos like this. I've just never brought my camera with me before. These are from the Shenandoah Mountains in Virginia.

I like this first one.
Is that the lake you were refering to?


I like those mountains


Niice! The Belt of Orion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constellation)




Nice ones!
Litle advice: Try to avoid buildings and human signs if you try to take nature photos.

I'll go to the snowed mountain tomorrow. Let's see if I can take some photos.

@BasqueStorm: Yes that's the one.

I was skiing again yesterday.

Nice place!
Is it dangerous (easy) to fall under ice?
Be careful!

The place I almost fell through ice was next to a place where a stream started so the ice there was very thin. Usually at this time of the year the ice is very thick already.

I would like to see the night sky in your part of the world, do you see Orion there? Here in winter.

Yes take plenty of the mountains, but watch out for the Moloch!

Fuck! I thought of you yesterday cause I told you to be careful and I got lost at night in the snowed forest! LOL!
P.S: No REAL problem because I know the place and I could follow some sky marks.


I saw Orion yesterday if I remember correctly. It's quite common.
I took some photographs that I try to post tomorrow.
Edit: That's the album but I'll try to post thumbnails tomorrow:
http://www.mejuba.com/albums/Storm/86975/1

Edit: Ok, some views from the motorway:























Forest:



























































And that's me playing with the auto shot feature for the first time:







P.S: You did told me about the Moloch before, didn't you? Could you explain me what it's supposed to be?
We have this where I live:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaueko
We have a saying that goes:
"Gaua Gaeukoentzat" = "Night is for those of the night"
People is not supposed to stay outside the house by night cause Gaueko will teach them the hard way.
Also, we call the moon "Ilargi", light of the dead.
I fucking LOVE our language (euskera) and own mithology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_mythology
P.S.2: Brilliant band with basque mithological themes:
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Numen/3066

Maybe Moloch is older than man? (mountains + snow = Moloch's lair )

I have heard of The Beast of Gévaudan, supposed to be an unexplained creature, late eighteenth century in Southern France. Sounds similar to your Gaueko?


Light of the dead sounds apt.

Love the snow pictures, makes me long to live in a colder area...

Went walking through a park a few weeks ago, brought the camera along. Forgot I had these pictures until I got on here!








I need to try and get a better camera, but this isn't bad and works for the few pictures I take.

This?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch#Ref ... e_and_film



I remember this Beast of Gévaudan from the Brotherhood of the Wolf film:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_G%C3%A9vaudan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherhood_of_the_Wolf

Not really the same concept:

http://wiki.white-wolf.com/whitewolf/in ... nko#Gaueko

The blues in the sky show your camera takes very good photos. some of mine were taken with a 2MP phone camera, it's about atmosphere and being at the right place at the right time (with light and shadow). Sometimes a little "noise" adds to the effect, especially in black and white pictures.

Very nice Photos BasqueStorm, I have a few more desktop pictures now.
(I only know Moloch in reference to Paysage d'Hiver).

Northern France, mostly experimenting with the close-up thingy:

Thanks, Mindshadow! Good photos too!
(Ok, cause I don't get the concept of Moloch reading the Wikipedia article)


What's this building, Panflute?

The building on the left is part of an old WW1 bunker, and the building in the distance is a monument built in honour of the French soldiers who died in WW1. This was taken near a WW1 graveyard in Verdun, you see. The perspective does make it look very weird, though, like something out of Lord of the Rings.

From a different perspective it looked like this:



(The pic on the top may actually be a different bunker tower on the same field, but I don't really remember.)

I see, thanks!
P.S: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun

Some more wintery photos:

Really beautiful pictures ITT

Arrhenia retiruga


Hymenial surface


Ductifera sucina




Spores

Gloecystidia mounted in KOH

Stalked hyphidia


Probably Leptogium platynum






Coprinellus flocculosus




Spores


Fungi sp.

Full resolution
Cap cross section under a dissecting micrscope

Gills vinescent in melzers (Bad section, they were 3 mm tall when fresh...)

Spores

Knobbed cheilocystidia

Pileipellis surface (With encrusted hyphae)

Good technical shots Byrain.

This is actually the first photo of aurora borealis I've ever taken. I hope you like it.

Nice aurora borealis! I hope I will get the chance to see that in real life to.


Last week I was on a trip to ''Lillehammer'', well known for its OL in 1994 ( Which I was at in an age of 4^^)
I was there visiting family.

Here are some photos:













I know, no buildings/people...


You can see the stairs to the left where two people are standing, over 900 up to the top. A nice walk!

Forestcorpse, I'm in love with your scenic photos. The "Posted: 06 Feb 2012 13:52" post has some dreamy stuff.

Thank you very much! I am very happy to hear that my photos are appreciated.
I am just presenting how the beautiful nature can be.

Nice photos Byrain, mindshadow, 666Emperor666 and forestcorpse!


This makes me remember about the snowed mountain trails I use to ride with my motorbike:

















Although not this years because not long ago the piston broke!