Moss sporangiums in ice drops / Esporangios del musgo en un mundo de cristal

            Moss frozen sporangiums inside ice drops next to a winter stream in the mountains near Madrid, Spain. An unexpected wonderful color world.

Cold days allow us to photograph the ice mountain streams. When you also have the fortune to locate moss sporangia (capsules containing spores) locked in ice drops you forget everything.

The main difficulty lies in photographing these tiny elements (each ball is about a centimeter in diameter or so) at several degrees below zero and close to a stream that generously sprinkles you, where it is very difficult to find a spot to place you and place the camera trying not to move anything.

You can imagine that the camera ends up wet and one soaking... but no matter. Pedriza de Manzanares, in my favorite stream. (See large)

Canon 450D, 100mm macro Canon, 1/4 Seg, F 13, Iso 200, natural light. 
Los días fríos nos permiten fotografiar el hielo de los riachuelos de montaña. Cuando además tienes la fortuna de localizar esporangios del musgo (las cápsulas que contienen las esporas) encerrados en gotas de hielo te olvidas de todo. Un mundo de color absolutamente inesperado.
La principal dificultad estriba en fotografiar estos minúsculos elementos (cada bolita tiene alrededor de un centímetro de diámetro o poco más) a varios grados bajo cero y a ras de un riachuelo que te rocía generosamente, donde es muy difícil encontrar un punto para colocarte  -por supuesto tumbado- y colocar la cámara e intentar que no se mueva nada. 
Os podéis imaginar que la cámara termina mojada y uno empapado... pero no importa. Pedriza de Manzanares, en mi riachuelo favorito. (Ver en grande)
   

Taken on: January 16, 2010

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