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'Shrooms

by Mark Windom

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted October 13, 2009298 views12 comments
Autumn means mushrooms and crawling around on hands and knees photographing these little guys....gotta get a right angle finder...

Can anyone ID the species for me??

Washington Park Arboretum; Seattle, WA
D2Xs, 105

Comments

12 comments
Comment posted by Stan Rose on October 13, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Cant help you with the id--though i know i wouldnt eat them! :biggrin:
Great colors and nice DOF on the shot, Mark!
Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Olsen on October 13, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Wow! those are some bright colors and nice depth!
I hope someone chimes in here with a species.
Registered on October 19, 2006, 306 Posts, 1571 Comments
Comment posted by Larry Fischer on October 13, 2009 at 5:56 PM
The contrast of the glistenng heads against the textured stalk is stark and photographically pleasing. Colors do well also. Nice capture.
the fisch
Registered on July 28, 2008, 155 Posts, 874 Comments
Comment posted by Angela McCain on October 13, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Mushrooms are hard to photograph. You have made it look easy. Good job.
Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on October 13, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Hmmm ... I think these are orange cap mushrooms.
:rolleyes:
A good aperture choice for the DOF (or lack of it in this case) to really emphasize the main element. Nice effort.
Registered on November 9, 2003, 229 Posts, 1523 Comments
Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 13, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Love those yellow caps. Nice shot.
Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments
Comment posted by Sally King on October 13, 2009 at 10:56 PM
I really like how the one is leaning on the other. Nice colors too.
Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments
Comment posted by Angela Classen on October 14, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Cool shrooms though I have no idea on the species. Great DOF and color, and I like how the big one is leaning on its little buddy.
Registered on June 13, 2007, 434 Posts, 2742 Comments
Comment posted by John W. Wall on October 15, 2009 at 5:39 PM
How about http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Stropharia_ambigua.html
Registered on July 25, 2006, 53 Posts, 179 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Windom on October 15, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Thanks much, John. That sure looks like it....the caps in my image are more orangish than the example on that site but according to the accompanying literature they can go either way.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 176 Posts, 2302 Comments
Comment posted by John Williams on October 21, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Congrats Mark!! Well-deserved, I remember this shot from the PNW forum. Very cool!
Registered on September 6, 2007, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 8, 2012 at 6:37 PM
I especially like the translucent orange tops of your :shrooms", nice grouping..
Congratulations on the WP! :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments