Mixed mosses: Rachel Carson NWR, Wells, Maine, USA, March 2026 — I am going to invite you to look closely again today. Partly because these late March days there is not much else, besides our feeder birds, to look at here in Southern Maine. The mosses, however, are fresh and green now that the snow cover is gone—vibrant with life. As it happens, one of my daughters is just back from a trip to the Olympic Rainforest around Seattle and rediscovered moss. There might not be better moss anywhere in the USA than in the Olympic Rainforest. So this is partly for her. For me, moss is all about texture and form and what light does with it. (But then I just described what photography is about to me, if I add in framing.) I find joy in the intricate textures and the feathery forms. (Same as birds really, but moss poses for you, and you can take your time with it.) I have a special little tripod that fits in my pocket and is short enough to shoot almost at ground level and give me the support I need for longer exposures and greater depth of field. Combined with a lens that focuses close in, it allows me to get up close and personal with the moss. Where I find my joy. Hopefully, a few of you will too. I am pretty sure my daughter will. Sony a6700. Sigma 16-300 at 83mm equivalent field of view. Aperture program with macro modifications (f22 for greater depth of field, which meant 1/25 of a second, hence the tripod 🙂 Processed in Photomator.