Magic Mushroom

Gallery: FloraPosted March 11, 2011165 views14 comments

I rarely point my lens to the ground and even less so for flora pictures, but who could resist this subject?

I was completely mesmerized when I saw this one. It a mushroom of Entoloma genus from New Zealand. Apparently they are pretty common in some wet forests and there are several color variations.

Canon EOS 40D + Canon EF 50mm f1.8 1/50s ISO500 handheld (once again I didn't have a tripod while bushwhacking..)

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 11, 2011 at 7:14 PM

That's an amazing blue color for a mushroom. I also like your dof choice, with the soft framing in the bottom of the image.

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on March 11, 2011 at 7:25 PM

Great find. Like the comp. Only suggestion would be to darken the lower FG to match the luminosity of the BG and possibly crop up to the top of the black in the LLC.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on March 11, 2011 at 8:06 PM

Great job isolating the subject Andrius. My only suggestion would be to crop up from the bottom to eliminate that black corner as Bob has already suggested.

pat

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 11, 2011 at 10:02 PM

Andrius: Welcome to the finest Flora gallery on the planet. You need to look down more. Wonderful find and a solid capture. Great to have you aboard and looking forward to more.>=))>

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on March 12, 2011 at 4:09 PM

Beautiful image, Andrius, of a fascinating plant - I like how you've caught it amongst bits of undergrowth seen sharply through the fg blur.

I have also greatly enjoyed your other images ( especially of the kea ) from New Zealand, which I have visited a few times.

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Comment posted by Andrius Pašukonis on March 12, 2011 at 4:48 PM

Thanks you for all your kind comments and suggestions. That dark blob does look distracting when you mentioned it!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on March 12, 2011 at 7:28 PM

I have never seen a blue mushroom and certainly not one as beautiful as this one is. Excellent pov and dof.

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Comment posted by Mark Stahlke on March 13, 2011 at 12:09 AM

What a fascinating subject. The blue really stands out from the background. Overall, the way you rendered this image brings the blue mushroom to life.

The first thing that came to mind when I saw this image was this video clip. I'm not sure what that says about me.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 97 Posts, 782 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Nobel on March 13, 2011 at 1:00 PM

Nice find indeed! Wonderful color and great choice on the depth of field and low perspective. - Vince

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on March 13, 2011 at 6:40 PM

What a wonderful find and capture Andrius. Well done.

Bob

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Comment posted by Andrius Pašukonis on March 13, 2011 at 9:25 PM

Thanks again for your nice words.
Mark, I definitely wondered about potential effects of this magic mashroom

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on March 14, 2011 at 10:31 PM

Hi Andrius

Yes !!! A magical Mushroom with magic color

Albert Darmo. Canada

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Comment posted by Zachary Lake on March 15, 2011 at 12:19 AM

DUDE, that is the COOLEST mushroom ever!!! Man, I never find mushrooms like this :(

Also, I agree with cropping a little off the left side and the bottom. Very nice job.

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on March 15, 2011 at 1:20 AM

Wot a wonderful find Andrius, all the suggestions are already made so i'll jus sit & enjoy watching this :)

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