Challenge 67

Silik

A new guy's first tries..

smalltownamy

whoa!
What am I looking at here?! I'm so intrigued I can't even think about the technical stuff.

Silik

smalltownamy wrote:

What am I looking at here?! I'm so intrigued I can't even think about the technical stuff.

I think it's some sort of fungus that was growing on a tree, but I'm not really sure. It was on the outside of the bark, with a thin papery substance flaking off. Still trying to figure out what it actually was.

smalltownamy

Silik wrote:

I think it's some sort of fungus that was growing on a tree, but I'm not really sure. It was on the outside of the bark, with a thin papery substance flaking off. Still trying to figure out what it actually was.

Cool! As I look at the photos again, I think I like the top one best. Did you get any closer shots? Not sure that closer would necessarily mean better - just still really curious about this fungus.

Best of luck,
Amy

LCD

A neat subject! Very interesting.

I like the second composition better, but I suggest a crop on the top.

Good eye!

saurora

Wow. That's really intriguing! I would do an internet search re: tree fungus as you are probably right. Having the proper identification will help your entry. Do you know the name of the tree, it might help? I haven't decided which shot I like...I like the first one, but then again, the 2nd show more directly that it is attached to a tree branch. Second shot could use some lightening to bring out the detail in the "fungus".

Silik

I've spent way too much time trying to figure out what this actually is. I would have asked the park ranger, even, but by the time I'd hiked all the way back down the mountain, they were closed.

I think I like the first picture better, but it's really hard to tell what's going on.