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Tortula muralis

Tortula muralis by Eric in SF.
Taken on a brick wall in my neighborhood

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University of British Columbia Botany Photo of the Day for 27 February 2008

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konaboy  Pro User  says:

The large is definitely worth a look -- very cool!
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urtica  Pro User  says:

I really like this one.
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Eric in SF  Pro User  says:

Yup - you can see there are two sizes of droplets. There is an even tinier group of droplets down on the surface of the moss itself.
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Dan90266  Pro User  says:

Cool shot! Love the razor-thin depth of field.
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=Anubis= says:

Wonderful photo ! ! !
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musicorso  Pro User  says:

Excellent, bravo!
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mimbrava  Pro User  says:

Great shot, Eric. Congratulations! It's currently one of Flickr's most interesting photos for 08 January 2006. (It is on page one of the calendar view.) Would you please add it to the Interestingness pool? It would be a great addition!
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StripMyMind says:

So detailed, incredible shot!
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chrissie2003  Pro User  says:

Awesome in the large size.

Fantastic !

C & C M P fave, congrats, Eric
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N. Mexico  Pro User  says:

Really cool! Great photo!
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judo_dad1953  Pro User  says:

nice
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dkleinst  Pro User  says:

Very very cool
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Scott Foy  Pro User  says:

Excellent shot! :-)
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_wintermute  Pro User  says:

Just wonderfull Eric :) amazing DOF (I didn't think you could get such shallow dof with digital!!!) spotted as main pic on the explore page!! I have a screen cap if you'd like it :)

Tony.
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t163jpn says:

しずくが素敵ですね
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Eric in SF  Pro User  says:

Thanks for all the kind words, everyone!
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love-odin says:

Look really interesting :D (thanks for the tags as well)
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mochiland  Pro User  says:

wow!
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petrichor says:

Beautiful work!
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Andrea Marutti  Pro User  says:

Very nice capture!
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doow.  Pro User  says:

Beautiful! Oh damn, maybe I need to get myself a macro lens...
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freemysoul  Pro User  says:

This is really astounding!!
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H@Ru  Pro User  says:

Great Shot !!!
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vijjuk says:

excellent picture..
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jimgspokane  Pro User  says:

Ah, the wonderful world of macro. Well done.
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kiki the cat  Pro User  says:

really beautiful!
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Fabio Cherman says:

Woow!
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Bram & Vera  Pro User  says:

ohh lovely
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bobs1937 says:

Fanatastic photo.
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maz hewitt  Pro User  says:

Brilliantly short DOF
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wrightee says:

I'm heading straight out tomorrow to look for mossy old brickwork in my garden. Really great!
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Vratsagirl  Pro User  says:

wonderful image!
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Coffee_Break says:

Amazing...
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cyost  Pro User  says:

Love this, beautiful !
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mr.garybloomer says:

Outstanding. A tiny world in precise detail.
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outblissed (somewhat absent)  Pro User  says:

beautiful
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katiemichelle  Pro User  says:

Super fantastic! Amazing depth of field and detail. I love the itty bitty droplets of moisture. What an eye!
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laura.bell  Pro User  says:

So cool ! Great job here !
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daenerys says:

magical......
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Kaatjes  Pro User  says:

Fantastic!
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metaphora  Pro User  says:

This is an amazing photograph, Eric! Truly inspiring.
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>Sandy<  Pro User  says:

Now I really have to get a MACRO, fantastic shot!!
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roddh  Pro User  says:

wow. absolutely must be viewed large (original 3000x2000 pixel size). there are worlds within worlds here.
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akiruna  Pro User  says:

Lovely this macro moss!!

Thank you for the tags, name and group for my flower!
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Crickie [deleted] says:

Love this shot. LOVE.
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Eric in SF  Pro User  says:

That's odd - the EXIF says the flash fired, but I can guarantee it didn't. Does it look like a flash photo to you?
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lisascenic  Pro User  says:

very sexy ! ! !
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Gógó  Pro User  says:

Very beautiful!

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Found in a search. (?)
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Gógó  Pro User  says:

PS: No it doesn't look like flash photo to me
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