Name: Barry Webb
Picture title: Ice Encrusted Comatricha
Category: Fungi
Nationality: British
Occupation: Gardener / Photographer

Barry says:
‘In January last year, following two days of freezing fog and sub-zero temperatures, I found some mature Comatricha, growing on an old fence post lying on a pile of discarded, rotting timber. I was attracted to the way the ice had encased the slime mould, creating strange, windswept, leaf-like shapes. The tallest one was only 3mm high, including the ice. The final image is the result of 55 focus-bracketed images combined in Zerene Stacker.’

Technical information:
Olympus  OMD EM1 Mk II
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro
1/15, f/4, ISO200
Accessories: Gitzo tripod, cable release, 3 extension tubes.
Post processing: Lightroom, Zerene Stacker and Topaz Denoise AI. Minor stacking artefacts were tidied up in Photoshop.

Website: barrywebbimages.co.uk
Instagram: barrywebbimages