Yet more fungi

Dixie · November 13, 2005

Here are some fungi from the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. These were all found in a small area which was probably no more than 50 feet across. I don't think that I have ever seen so many different colors and type of fungi before in one place.

Comments and suggestions are always welcome.

Click on the image for the EXIF data.

Maestro · November 13, 2005

Love the colors. We don't have this type of fungi where I am. Way too dry!

Harryb · November 13, 2005

Excellent Dixie.

Stef · November 13, 2005

Very nice! Your shots actually make the "fungi" pretty!

Too dry here in Phoenix for that or for the falling leaves, so I appreciate getting to see fall through the eyes of everyone here. Thanks!

bfjr · November 13, 2005

Nice fungi interesting colors

Dixie · November 14, 2005

Thanks everybody.

Did anyone catch that the top photo was a 15 second exposure? The second was 1 second and the third was 8/10th of a second. They were all shot at f/22. The reason the top one required such a long exposure was because the light coming in from the top right was blowing the top of the mushrooms. I had a friend hold a large card to block the light to bring down the highlights on the top of the mushrooms.

As mentioned earlier these were all shot within about a 50 foot or less radius. It was almost like a bog. There were 4 or 5 other types of fungi there as well, but these were the most colorful

jwear · November 14, 2005

very good it always helps to shoot with a friend

great exposer on that first on [on all ] but i really like the first and thanks for the tut on how

Dixie · November 15, 2005

Thanks Jeff, and you're welcome.

ginger_55 · November 15, 2005

Beautiful pieces of beauty, Dixie! Nice captures.

ginger

Dixie · November 16, 2005

Thank you Ginger.

Dennis Kaczor · November 16, 2005

Very nice images. The strange thing is that this stuff is neat to photograph. This year I did not find any thing that was worth shooting.

Love the colours in these images. Good job.

Dixie · November 16, 2005

Dennis Kaczor wrote:

Very nice images. The strange thing is that this stuff is neat to photograph. This year I did not find any thing that was worth shooting.

Love the colours in these images. Good job.

Thank you Dennis. They do sometimes have some unique shapes and color - or their surroundings make them worth the effort. This particular bog was a goldmine with the different types and colors.