Micro Photography,

is a hobby within a hobby,

the photographer has a problem, the smaller you go, the narrower the depth of field, but that has not stopped photographer Alison Pollack whose subject of choice is usually hiding in plain sight, to find the minuscule but magnificent fungi and Myxomycetes that she shares on @marin_mushrooms, Pollack drops down to hands and knees with a magnifying glass, and starts taking sometimes hundreds of photographs of the same fungi, we have in fact featured her work before in March of this year, above Cookeina sulcipes, Tropical Goblet. Location: Colombia,

 Pollack, who is a mathematician by training and “computer geek” by trade (she is now retired from an environmental consulting career), relishes the technical and creative challenges of being a self-taught photographer, She seeks to create compelling artistic beauty with her images while also depicting scientific details in sharp focus, Pollack explains that focus stacking allows her to capture the depth and texture of her small subjects, sometimes incorporating upwards of one hundred photos to create a single image, above, Didymium squamulosum. Location: Mt Tamalpais, CA. Composite photo to show detail on both the stipe and cap with sporotheca,

 to increase the breadth and depth of her discoveries, Pollack travels nationally—and sometimes abroad—to find more fungi and Myxomycetes during her native California’s dry season, above, Ascocoryne sarcoides and Trichia. Location: Trout Lake, WA

 Willkommlangea reticulata. Location: Fairbanks, AK

 Phillipsia domingensis. Location: Colombia

Physarum. Location: Fairbanks, AK

Crepidotus crocophyllus. Location: Pt Reyes, CA

  Physarum. Location: Mt Tamalpais, CA

Leocarpus fragilis. Location: Fairbanks, AK

above Mycena strobilinoidea and Clavulina. Location: Gifford Pinchot State Park, PA. and follow along with her latest discoveries via Instagram, Pollack also offers prints of her photographs; if interested, contact her on Instagram as well, what a stunning collection of photographs.