073: Serpentine Twig & Lichen

Check out the 70s Doctor Who style monster costume warty bits on the lichen. Rather freakish but interesting.
This was taken on a small potted fuschia bush, with the morning sun hitting the garden in the right place. I had no tripod with me and needed to hand-hold the camera; no easy thing when high magnifications are involved. Not so much because of the risk of camera shake, but more due to the shallow field of focus slipping back and forth as my body refuses to hold completely still.

Settings: f/4, 1/400, ISO 200, 50mm M42, 29mm extension.

052: Airborne Toy Crash

What in the name of Flash Gordon happened here?
If I had taken a much wider shot it would seem obvious that this toy car wreckage is situated in quite an out-of-the-way place; the tall shrub is on steeply sloping ground behind a metal fence, and really not near where I was when I took this photo.
It's wedged in the crutch of two lichen-encrusted branches (possibly hawthorn) and missing it's chassis and interior. I keep imagining that it's a full scale car that was dropped from an aircraft into a gigantic tree.
f/4, 1/1000 sec. ISO 200, SMC P-FA 50mm.