The reindeer lichen

This is a very high magnification (2:1). I made them in a pine forest. As a background, I used fresh snow, which allowed me to eliminate interference.

[Ellen Bogenschutz]

Terrific macro. Love the name of these weird lichen.

[Milanie]

Quite nice composing

[Kate]

Fabulous

[Renee Salamon]

Lovely edit - they look like bird claws

[Nova]

Very interesting image. Love the dof and textures.

[Call me Joe]

Wonderful capture ❤️👌

[Babs]

What a fabulous macro.

[Mags]

I know how small these are so you got really down to the nitty gritty!

[Heather]

A super macro! I love the simplicity of your composition and the clean background (thank you for explaining) Fav

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great dof.

[Kathy]

Interesting close up. The reindeer part of the name, which does that refer to? That the ends that look like antlers or feet?

[Islandgirl]

Well done, great close up and dof!

[Shutterbug]

Nice use of the dof. Beautiful capture of the details.

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

I'm actually lichen these!

[*lynn]

cool focus

[KoalaGardens🐨]

how marvellous!

[Issi Bannerman]

Looks like fingers or extraterrestrial creatures! Nice.

[haskar]

@randystreat This lichen is one of the main foods of reindeer.

[Gosia]

Amazing

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Wylie]

weird stuff, nicely isolated.

[Kathy]

That makes sense. Do reindeer live in your area or is that just how the plant got its name?

[Peter Dulis]

interesting

[Merrelyn]

Lovely image. The snow worked well as a background.

[Margaret Brown]

Super dof and capture

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot

[carol white]

Interesting lichen, great focusing.Fav😊

[haskar]

@randystreat We don't have reindeer. They live in the far north. The plants came from the north and the name remained.

[Kathy]

@haskar Thank you for responding to my silly questions. But if I didn't ask I wouldn't know.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

This looks almost alien and surreal. Wonderful!