Another Moss at High Magnification

Peristome of Cyphaea Heteromalla

Peristome of Cryphaea Heteromalla

In trying to find a another moss with a photogenic peristome, I came across Cryphaea Heteromalla, which grows only on trees.  I was hoping that this would mean that it would prove easier to get a tripod up close enough, but this proved illusary, at least to start with.   The key difference was that the light was better, and I got some reasonable images.


So I think I have established that it is possible to get acceptable images at magnifications of 5X, but the difficulty of getting attractive enough groupings of subjects remains.  I expect that it will mean examining possible subjects very closely before setting up to take images.