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Birds Nest Fungi

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Posted by Fran French on November 18, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Birds Nest Fungi
Taken a few weeks ago, I thought this was a little different from the usual fungi.

I was particularly pleased with this as it shows the various stages of growth of this rather rare fungi variety.

40D, 180mm, ISO 400, f14,1/3 sec. Cropped for comp.

Regards,

Fran :toast:
Posted by Des Ong on November 18, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Very interesting looking fungi indeed Fran, not seen them before. Well done.

Des :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Nigel Blake on November 18, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Good image and a great find!
Posted by Maggie Campbell on November 18, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Wow never seen these before. They are spectacular. I think I would have preferred it minus the top three but you have to take it how you find it and obviously they couldn't be removed. Although as you say it does show the various stages of the fungi so perhaps they are better included. Its not that I can't make my mind up - its just that I'm indecisive :wink: :biggrin:
Posted by Ian Butler on November 18, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Very interesting Fran. Never even knew these existed but the natural world never fails to impress! thanks for showing! :toast: :jump:
Posted by Tim Munsey on November 18, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Well well, live and learn, what extraordinary fungi, find it hard to get into fungi but really enjoyed these, thanks for sharing.

Tim
Posted by John Robinson on November 18, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Lovely shot.
JohnR
Posted by Matt Cole on November 19, 2009 at 2:27 AM
not one I've seen before, well taken Fran.

Matt
Posted by Jeroen Stel on November 19, 2009 at 3:12 AM
I have come across some of these recently and they are easily overlooked so well done finding and capturing these so well!
Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by David Sewell on November 19, 2009 at 6:26 AM
Taken from the right angle. Like Maggie I can't make my mind up whether the top three need to be removed or not. I guess it just depends on what you want the picture to be.

David
Posted by David Taylor on November 19, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Excellent shot, just fine as it is for me.


:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on November 19, 2009 at 4:05 PM
That's a great shot. I've only seen these once before and you have really done them justice.
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on November 20, 2009 at 2:50 AM
Interesting shot and a great find, Fran. You've captured the different stages of growth very well. Thanks for sharing. :smile:
Posted by Ian Haskell on November 20, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Nice shot and good find. I find it an interesting shot.

Ian
Posted by Robert Lawrence on November 22, 2009 at 8:45 AM
I've never even heard of these. I would crop the image to a near square taking out the top three fungi to just above the 'good' examples and then just clone out the remainder of the 'old' fungi. Just a thought.
Robert.