Dog Stinkhorn

It's been a very busy time last months. So I did not spent much time at this forum.
Today I finally released the mobile version of a Dragonfly/Damselfly guide (it's in Dutch, sorry). Hopefully I do have some time to post some pictures on this forum next weeks.

This one I do like for its colors. It's a Dog Stinkhorn(Mutinus ravenelii). I've never seen this one before. But it seems a rather common fungis. It become its red color when the flies did suck it empty.

BG is a little "noisy".

All C&C welcome. Thanks.

Exif : 1/125 sec, F 5.6, ISO 800, 180mm, fill-in flash 1/64 of full power.

Looks a perfectly good shot to me Tom. I think perhaps it would have benefited from the removal of the dead leaf and the green pine needles if nothing else, but its great to catch it with all the flies on it. Nice one.
eric

I like this ! Small nits covered.
JR

I have no problem with the compo Tom, nature often is chaos, like this one for its color.

cheers, Dennis

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the comments. Next time I do see such a fungus I would try to clean the environment. My only concern then is, would the flies return.

Thanks again.