A Small Part of a Tiny World
by Dorothy Pugh
Title
A Small Part of a Tiny World
Artist
Dorothy Pugh
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Description
These tiny animals (about 1 mm long) are mostly globular (round) springtails. These are a few of a clump of 100+ springtails that appeared in an outdoor drainage conduit in a large field. I took this photo directly with a camera with a 60 mm lens. They were not put under a microscope; none of these animals was disturbed by this process. They were apparently suspended in the water that brought them together. Springtails were once considered to be insects, but that ended with discoveries of their much more primitive structure and physiology. Although they are not susceptible to many of the poisons that insects are, they are much more vulnerable to dehydration. They eat fungi. NOTE: You can get a print of this image, but none of the other wall-hanging mediums are available.
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January 21st, 2017
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VIVA Anderson
Compliments, Dorothy...this is so fascinating, and , beautiful !!, thank you for your wonderful Description/inspiring !!..............fav...........VIVA
Alinna Lee
Amazing work! Voted for the 3x1 contest. Thanks for sharing! I have never seen thus creature before. Now I learn something new!
Robyn King
Congratulations Dorothy your gorgeous artwork is being featured in 500 Views Share Group & Shared:-) Please take a moment to add your beautiful art to our archives in the message area and have a wonderful day!
GJ Glorijean
Dorothy Pugh, This is a intricate tiny world wide macro! Nice work. It's a smaller image size than we ordinarily see in the WFPPP though please upload to the group for this creative nature wide capture. You may also create a Discussion thread if you'd like to showcase macro wide format! Thx, Admin, GJ glorijean
Dawn Currie
Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world! You are invited to archive it in the 2020 Pure Nature Photography Thanks and Features Archive discussion thread for longer lasting visibility.
Nancy Lee Moran
What a remarkable photograph, a window onto a world that is seldom seen! You managed to photograph it without disturbing the springtails, too.
Maurits Rol
Fantastic! It's wonderful when art can show us more beauty in our world. Composition, color, depth ... really great work! L/F
Tami Quigley
Wonderful clarity in this terrific capture Dorothy, I had never even heard of springtails before! L/F
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous and interesting close up photo with great clarity, colors, perspective, and composition, Dorothy! Great Photo Description! F/L/Following!!!
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