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Forest Fungi

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 18, 2012127 views9 comments

While on a recent backpack trip I had some time to kill during the day when the wind and harsh sunlight were my nemesis. So, my eyes turned to the forest floor and found these mushrooms. The tallest was about 1/2 inch.
This was a 33 image stack. Additionally, I did use Nik filters to enhance the image...tonal contrast, sunlight, and detail. Still not sure how I feel about shroom images, but they were interesting.
Any critiques are welcome.

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9 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on July 19, 2012 at 8:23 PM

I think you have a nice composition of these mushrooms. Nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 19, 2012 at 9:42 PM

Ken, this tiny group of mushrooms is a real attention getter. Love the striking orange color against the contrasting green BG. I was surprised to read how small they are. Nice work with the stack as the detail is excellent and I see no stacking artifacts. Thanks for sharing this mushroom family.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on July 19, 2012 at 10:25 PM

Wow, the tallest was about 1/2 inch? And a 33 image stack? You are one committed photographer! Great results from all your effort, Ken! Nice comp, good contrasting colors, and great details from all your stacks. I like the interesting background too with the angled log and the moss. These may not be the most photogenic of mushrooms out there but all the elements come together well to make this a very nice little intimate landscape scene.

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on July 19, 2012 at 10:27 PM

Great image ken!
Excellent detail, and very interesting to view.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 20, 2012 at 8:30 AM

This is excellent Ken, very nice color and light.
Great comp, detail, & POV as well, the overall setting's just wonderful.
Fungi never looked so good

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 20, 2012 at 8:46 AM

I love the bg here, it really sets your mushrooms off. Nice color and detail.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on July 20, 2012 at 11:09 PM

Love the excellent details of your stack. It sort of makes this look like a much larger scene, with giant mushrooms against a rocky cliff. I think the background and excellent comp makes this work very well even though the mushrooms themselves show some signs of wear. Nice job seeing the beauty even where Nature's trials seem to spoil what we perceive as perfection.

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Comment posted by Ken Henke on July 20, 2012 at 11:38 PM

Thanks for the great comments. I wasn't sure how folks would accept these fungi.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 4, 2012 at 6:54 PM

Hi Ken

Very fine work, on capturing these very small Fungi !! love the detail of this fine composition

Albert Darmo

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