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Fungi collection


Fungi collection
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Copyright: Gary Slocum (appalcarp) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1234 W: 173 N: 634] (4188)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-09-22
Camera: Canon 350D (Digital Rebel XT), Canon 75-300 mm 1:4-5.6 IS USM, 52mm UV Haze (Sunpak)
Exposure: f/4, 1/100 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-02-13 3:21
Viewed: 439
Points: 9
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is one of my shots of a simpe fungi growing in late summer/early fall. I enjoyed the color of the mushroom but have no idea of edibility.

PP--no crop, just darken slightly, contrast and re-sharpen after sizing.
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Hi Gary,
I wouldn't try to eat this one, because it looks like it is part of the Amanita family but I'm not sure. Colors of the fungi look great and so does the colors of the grasses surrounding it. I find the colors of the leaves a little too bright. Your focus is also off, the grasses in the FG are sharper then the actuall fungi. On some spots darkening the photo surely helped, but in other parts you made it too dark.

Some advise on getting a good fungi shot: Get really low so that you are on the same height as the fungi. Fill the frame with the subject, so get close or use a larger focal lenght. Do some gardening to get a cleaner shot. Watch out for bright light, since fungi OE quickly. Use the correct aperture to get the entire fungi in focus but blurring the BG.

TFS,
Niek

It look like Amanita muscaria, a legendary mushroom used by siberian shamans as an hallucinogen. The active alcaloid is the muscarine, a little toxic but not dangerous.
It is one of the nicest mushroom and your shot is nice.
You can see the same specie in my gallery.

Regards, FRANK

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  • WTS Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 269 W: 56 N: 269] (1397)
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Hi Gary

Good thing that the other people know what it is.
Like the color contrast of the yellow with the touch of green from the leaves.
I'm not sure if its me but the focus point seems to be just slightly in front of the mushroom.
Doesn't matter I still like it.

Wayne

Hi Gary, I lo ve the fungis, really are specials.. Good photo nice contrast an POV, very good sharpness,
TFS

rintile

Saludos Gary

Un bello ejemplar bien realizado no habia visto este color gracias por compartir

Nat

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