One big shoe - many small victims.....

I was prompted to make this composite this morning after walking on our forest track. I realized I was squashing assorted plants with every step I took. All of these were photographed this morning - they are all roughly to the same scale as the shoe.

[Caterina]

Great picture! Inventive, sharp, colored. Fav

[Ulrika]

ha ha what a fun idea... and seems almost sad to be stepping on such cute ground cover... looks like a fairy village :)

[Suzanne]

Great idea, and what a beautiful assortment of little plants & fungi. I guess tip toeing is a bit much to manage on a forest hike!

[JackieR]

thts a clever composite Rob

[Taffy]

Most creatively done -- and a little heartbreaking when I think of my walks on Beaver Island and what I've done!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Gives new meaning to "tip toe through the Tulips"! Some of them may spring back up though. They seem to be pretty resilient! Fun shot for the scale factor!

[Delwyn Barnett]

Such a cool shot. At first glance they looked like little eyeballs!!

[Rob Z]

@caterina Thanks for your lovely comment and the fav! My camera is Ok for macros and these were all so cute!

[Rob Z]

@ulla Thanks Ulrika - luckily they were more spread out than here - ablt to be avoided to some extent! Cheers rob

[Rob Z]

@suzanne234 Luckily our forest down here is not too big - and this section of pathway is only about 40m long - so tippy toes does work if you're careful. They are so cute - but I think they'll die off pretty quickly when it gets hot and dry again. :)

[Rob Z]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond Thanks Jackie - I wasn't too pleased with the shoe - but it did give a sense of size. Thanks for your encouragement! :)

[Rob Z]

@taffy Thanks Taffy - it's so hard not to squash things accidently -- especially when you are focusing on something else. And as Ann said - I guess a lot of them are pretty tough - they must get squashed by other creatures too..... :)

[Rob Z]

@olivetreeann Thanks Ann - And I guess you are right about them having mechanisms to survive. They do seem to spring up, produce spores and then die off very quickly - in just a couple of days. They are fun to see though! Cheers Rob

[Rob Z]

@dkbarnett Those funny little pebble ones do look like eyeballs - YUK! But they are quite cute in real life. I've posted a close up of a single one - the "pebbles" are fascinating. :)