Bog Beacon Mitrula paludosa

e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
edited April 21, 2015 in Holy Macro
Our local fungus group decided to do an unusually early season foray yesterday. We didn't find many species but the leader found this gem. It lives in wet places such as ditches. This was in a small, stream, sunken below banks about a foot deep, such that, for the second shot I was on my knees, doing a form of splits. The water was rich in dead tree leaves and algae. The banks were unstable

These fruiting bodies were in stalks about 20mm long, about half the maximum. The first was lifted clear of the water for photography, as was the group shown in stereo. In the others, surfaces ripples and suchlike caused various curved shaped and highlights (some of the latter moderated in PP).

Possible due to its early season, but largely due to its specilised habitat (for a fungus), I had never seen this before in decades of mushroom forays.

EM-1, Kiron 105mm macro, twin TTL RC flash, hand-held.

Images cropped to various extent. For best effect, the stereo should be viewed from about twice the usual viewing distance.



Harold

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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2015
    Like first!
  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2015
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Like first!

    Thanks. It would have been mine, if the stereo had not turned out to be one of my best ever for a subject in habitat.

    Harold
  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2015
    For those who don't like cross-eye stereo here is a conventional one and a red/blue anaglyph.

    Harold

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2015
    Interesting series and good stereo
    Brian v.
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  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2015
    Lord Vetinari wrote: »
    Interesting series and good stereo
    Brian v.

    Thanks, Brian.

    Had I taken my wellies with me, I could have got down and dirty for more in-situ shots. This was the only moist habitat we came across.

    Harold
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