At the beginning of October, I set out with my usual group of friends to look for Autumn Crocus. Maybe a little too late in the year, but... I'm actually lying a little about the “search” - I know the location that is affectionally described as “Autumn Crocus meadow”.
After arriving at the car park and a short walk, we entered the meadow. There was not many flowers, and after the night's rain, most of the remaining ones were broken or fallen and hidden in the grass.
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| In the photo from the left: Gosia and Ela |
We had no luck, but we took advantage of the weather window (we had sun for a few hours) and the pleasant temperature for this time of year to "crawl" across the meadow.
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| Andrzej |
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Gosia and Wojtek
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Some of the participants tried to make at least something out of these "not completely broken" plants, while I focused on what fascinated me the most, the micro-world.
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| In the photo - me photos. Małgosia Rapak |
Quite quickly, a common hoverfly appeared next to the flower where I was lying peacefully with the camera. It definitely improved the value of the photo (if there was any there in the first place) 😊
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| photo: Marek Czubaszek |
However, the most interesting thing was still ahead of me. While looking at the fallen leaves, I noticed some movement. It turned out that it is - although it is about 7 mm - our largest springtail, named - Tetrodontophora bielanensis.
My creature moved quite briskly, so it was quite difficult to capture it in the frame - but I got it.
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photo. Marek Czubaszek
I saw them for the first time during an outdoor photography session in the Świętokrzyski National Park (it is one of the Polish National Parks) last year. |
Finally, I found a ladybug which - as you could see - was trying to find the best place to take off. She tried a few different leaves, walking back and forth, several times I thought that it was time, but she changed her mind again, and so on. So I was lying there with the camera next to my eye, waiting for this moment, and even though I took the photos in a series, I actually missed the start. The moment she spread her wings, the buffer in my camera refused to cooperate (it became clogged) and the next frame was without the ladybug. ☹
I mean, it turned out as usual 😊
Well, - they were supposed to be Autumn Crocus, but as a result there were the fewest of them :-(. Next time I will make it on time - but it will be next year. Soon I will go somewhere else to take photos - I will write. At the end, so that I wouldn't be sad that everything was wrong, the Roman Snail crawled onto the road. At least he didn't run away :-)
I will write soon.
Now I'm planning a trip to see the colors of Autumn - we'll see
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