Fungi

Gallery: FloraPosted December 6, 201567 views6 comments

We have too many Douglas firs around here for our prairie, so over the years I've been girdling a number of them and leaving them as wildlife snags. The decay fungi in one of the girdling cuts decided that this was an opportune time to send out their fruiting bodies. I liked the contrast with the dark rain-covered trunk of the fir and the arrangement of the mushrooms.

5D3, Canon 180mm f3.5 macro, tripod and cable release, f/32, 4 seconds, iso 400, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1/3 stop compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. A slight crop and just a touch of cleanup work. Topaz Detail to increase detail and added saturation on the mushrooms. A bit of warming in LR5 to reduce the blue cast. Taken Friday at 8:26 am between rains.

Your comments are always very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on December 6, 2015 at 7:17 PM

Dennis: Love the contrasting color and textures of the mushrooms and the trunk. While you didn't mention it, it looks like you may have used a polarizer. A good choice if you did. Nice find and a fine capture. >=))>

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 6, 2015 at 8:11 PM

No polarizer, Bill, but it probably would have been a good idea.

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Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on December 7, 2015 at 11:52 AM

Dennis,

very nice arrangement and the colors and details are great. Well done.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 8, 2015 at 12:46 PM

Good detail and comp, Dennis. Strong iterative (mostly) display of the smooth 'shrooms against the dark and textured bark. cool

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on December 9, 2015 at 1:55 PM

A stark contrast that gives stregth to the photo and separate the single mushroom in the family. What do you think about a diagonal positioning of the family for a more dinamic composition? I like the image very much.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on December 10, 2015 at 5:58 AM

What an excellent find, Dennis - it looks like the fungi posed themselves for the photo ! The smoothness of the mushrooms, with their touches of texture, lets them stand out beautifully against the rugged backdrop of the trunk.

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