Just for fun

From our backyard this morning. I take these shots for Anni, who adores mushrooms. I have no idea why I'm posting it here, It's so different from my usual fare....maybe someone else will enjoy it.

I like it. The sun's highlights are well placed. Composition is nice and the leaves add warm color. This reminds me of some of the salad plate sized mushrooms I saw in the Salmon Huckleberry wilderness.

-Bryan

Jesse, I did use a slight Orton on this. I rarely do, but it seemed to compliment the mood and lighting.

The lighting is magical. I like it very much.

AaaaH mushrooms, brings back memories from times long gone, very nice capture indeed

Marc this is a nice image. I have often wondered if you take many non landscape photos. I really like the look of this.The light and the mild orten are working well here.

Like this a lot too. Its nice to see you get away from the senics and focus a little closer to the details. Light is georgous.

Roman

I like it also. I just couldn't put my finger on what was different with the processing. The Orton effect is it. Cool!

Yeah, I'm not much of a fan of the Orton effect at it's usual strength, but at about 20-30% in just the right places, it can really help an already luminous image.

This is just a great mushroom image Marc, I love the play of light and all the groundcover color. The orton effect makes this sing.

David M. Cobb

This is like, groovy, man.

As weird as it might sound, I know a landscape photographer who supplements his income with close up photos of mushrooms and the like for use in reference books. About this time of year when it gets wet and mushy on the coast, he spends a lot of time crawling around on the forest floor looking for fungi.... He does pretty well from it, I believe. You never know what might sell!

I dig it. The soft look is great for keeping the background in the background and then combo with the light makes the 'shrooms that much more appealing. Walked with my family around lake Trillium on Sunday and there were probably 4 or 5 different types, shapes and colors of mushrooms in shady spots... soon to be frozen in place for 6 months

, that's actually quite pretty.

Great job Marc. You are inspiring because you really think outside the box. Great lighting and exposure...regards, Rajeev.

Marc, this is wonderful! A basidiomycetous triumph! This is just such a great 'shroom image, a subject I used to specialize in years ago. The light is just magic.
Just for the record, I think they are "Inky Cap" mushrooms.

I'd give it the full Vincent Versace effect !
Definitely different for you.
Ever eat 'em ?


Careful, you'll see glowing goldfish coming out of the walls trying to getcha !

See, there ya go, Matt. You asked when I'd be posting telephoto shots (105mm here) on that ESS post last week, and I deliver. There's another one further down on this forum too. Oh, and another coming to ESS today also.

Eat em? Anni and I harvest up to 100 pounds of wild mushrooms each year for cooking and giving to friends (cooking is a hobby of mine - I love chanterelles, morrells, lobsters and a variety of truffles).
As for the various Phsilocybes you refer to, the goldfish have never actually tried to 'get' me, but I have had trouble distinguishing them from leaves, moss, etc. Gotta take it easy with those Liberty Caps!

Man you just made me quite hungry. I'm a cook myself, or use to quite a bit. Actually ran a restaurant for a few years. It never occurred to me the kind of access you must have to shrooms. Very cool. You like hot spice ? I've got some flakes I should send ya ....very tastey. Oh, Your photo looks better with an embedded profile, I think sRGB is missing from it. -Matt

Cooking is great fun, as long as you're not doing it professionally - my degree was in culinary, worked as a chef for awhile..... I'd definitely be interested. Why don't you shoot me an email.

btw, some very impressive reds you got in those add graphics! (I think we have to keep photography part of the discussion here).

Ok, we're supposed to keep the discussion on photography, so yes, the color and richness in this image are just great. Images should evoke emotion, and buddy, you did just that... they look good enough to eat. Oooooo, having said that, a medium emu steak burger smothered in 'shrooms with some sauteed Yukon Golds on the side sounds really good right now.

These are really sweet ! Nice work !!

Marc, this is one stellar image......seriously......I would love to see this printed large and in a Gallery...it has that shimmery quality that really catches the viewer attention......very well done and way to go for thinking outside the box!

Gees! Is there anything you can't make divine with your camera?