These few seedlings burst from the ground full of vigour; striving for the light. Now they suffer and die as a multitude of fungal threads converge on them from below, shredding them internally and eating them alive before erupting through their dead tissue to sow the seeds of destruction for the next plants that land in their ground.
Unfortunately for the plants, I was their destroyer. My karmic load must be building up. Only the strong will survive, and evolution is my day job.
I keep reading and re-reading your description as it is so well written, and descriptive, I could swear I was reading a flash fiction piece. Yeah, I know…I’m weird. LOL
I also like how you composed this shot….the foreground blurred contrasting the main subject in the center enough so that it does not overwhelm the overall picture.
Thanks Jo :) I try not to think of what it must be like to be one of these plants and die in this way, but I had a go with the description, LOL! I’m glad you liked that as well as the image :)
– Damian
MissKristyalmost 4 years ago
Gorgeous shot. Like jc, I was drawn to your words… “Evolution is my day job” ..this near brought tears to me eyes. I am such a softie lol
Thanks Kristy, you’re wonderful, LOL :) Luckily a lot of them do survive (well, maybe about 10%. Okay, not that many…), and I look after the survivors like they’re my babies :)
Great shot, great description! I have to admit, I like fungi :) I like plants too, but fungi are endlessly fascinating :D
Thanks Lee, me too :) This one is Fusarium, so only spores and survival structures, no large fruiting bodies. But it’s been described as so versatile that it could survive in space, and has killed humans before (imagine the threads taking over someones lungs…!)
My mothers friend had half a lung removed due to a fungal infection. Scarey stuff.
Oh, sorry to hear it! Fungi don’t usually cause many problems for people, compared to bacteria or viruses, but they’re still pretty scary things to imagine happening!
I love your macro shots Damian. It really reminds me to take a moment to look at whats going on a bit more. You have created an amazing image & writing from something that I would never have noticed… well done
Thanks Shredman! Life at this level is pretty brutal, which can be inspiring, LOL!
Who’d have thought work could inspire in this way? Not me! I loves the macro though — maybe, on reflection, that’s why we’re in this sort of business.
LOL, work can inspire me in sooo many ways! Usually it sends me into writing dark, stabbing-filled stories, heheh! But now it’s spring and everything’s beautiful, LOL! This sort of work has sustained my interest in where I am at the moment, that’s true. With this pic, I was really happy that I could capture the hyphal strands of the fungus. You should see it at its real size :)
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I keep reading and re-reading your description as it is so well written, and descriptive, I could swear I was reading a flash fiction piece. Yeah, I know…I’m weird. LOL
I also like how you composed this shot….the foreground blurred contrasting the main subject in the center enough so that it does not overwhelm the overall picture.
Thanks Jo :)
I try not to think of what it must be like to be one of these plants and die in this way, but I had a go with the description, LOL! I’m glad you liked that as well as the image :)
– Damian
Gorgeous shot. Like jc, I was drawn to your words… “Evolution is my day job” ..this near brought tears to me eyes. I am such a softie lol
Thanks Kristy, you’re wonderful, LOL :)
Luckily a lot of them do survive (well, maybe about 10%. Okay, not that many…), and I look after the survivors like they’re my babies :)
– Damian
Great shot, great description! I have to admit, I like fungi :) I like plants too, but fungi are endlessly fascinating :D
Thanks Lee, me too :)
This one is Fusarium, so only spores and survival structures, no large fruiting bodies. But it’s been described as so versatile that it could survive in space, and has killed humans before (imagine the threads taking over someones lungs…!)
– Damian
My mothers friend had half a lung removed due to a fungal infection. Scarey stuff.
Oh, sorry to hear it! Fungi don’t usually cause many problems for people, compared to bacteria or viruses, but they’re still pretty scary things to imagine happening!
– Damian
I love your macro shots Damian. It really reminds me to take a moment to look at whats going on a bit more. You have created an amazing image & writing from something that I would never have noticed… well done
Thanks Shredman! Life at this level is pretty brutal, which can be inspiring, LOL!
– Damian
So poetic! Great capture – both visually and aurally (?) !!!
Thanks Lorie, LOL, glad you think so :)
– Damian
Something soft for the bugs to sleep on?
LOL, living threads woven to make bug hammocks. They’d be great until they bug tried to leave…!
– Damian
Who’d have thought work could inspire in this way? Not me! I loves the macro though — maybe, on reflection, that’s why we’re in this sort of business.
LOL, work can inspire me in sooo many ways! Usually it sends me into writing dark, stabbing-filled stories, heheh! But now it’s spring and everything’s beautiful, LOL!
This sort of work has sustained my interest in where I am at the moment, that’s true. With this pic, I was really happy that I could capture the hyphal strands of the fungus. You should see it at its real size :)
– Damian