Laetiporus
Nov 11, 2014 13:02:35 #
Canon 6D
Canon 50mm F1.8
F/5.6
30 Second Exposure
ISO 100
I should have been at F/7.1- F/9 but you get the idea. I used a remote shutter release and a tripod.
Yes .. the fungus really was this bright. It was in the middle of the woods well off my beaten path and the blaze orange and safety green edges caught my attention from far away. I didn't even know what it was until I got close. Generally chicken of the woods is much more subdued in color. A pale orange with cream edges. I guess when it gets to this point it can give you a tummy ache, but otherwise it's good to eat.
Canon 50mm F1.8
F/5.6
30 Second Exposure
ISO 100
I should have been at F/7.1- F/9 but you get the idea. I used a remote shutter release and a tripod.
Yes .. the fungus really was this bright. It was in the middle of the woods well off my beaten path and the blaze orange and safety green edges caught my attention from far away. I didn't even know what it was until I got close. Generally chicken of the woods is much more subdued in color. A pale orange with cream edges. I guess when it gets to this point it can give you a tummy ache, but otherwise it's good to eat.
Commonly known as Chicken of the Woods
Nov 11, 2014 13:13:59 #
Nov 11, 2014 13:42:49 #
Mr PC wrote:
Cool. Even ones you don't think are keepers are keepers!
Thank you, Mr. PC .. I appreciate you looking and leaving such a nice comment ..
but this is the Critique section and could you please say why? :-(
Nov 11, 2014 14:32:56 #
Nightski wrote:
Thank you, Mr. PC .. I appreciate you looking and leaving such a nice comment ..
but this is the Critique section and could you please say why? :-(
but this is the Critique section and could you please say why? :-(
OK, here goes. The balance in the colors is the first thing that struck me. I think this is the result of the lighting and the nice shadows. Without being able to pixel peep, the overall effect is just a warm picture, probably the browns being offset by the yellows and greens on the edges. It's got a nice layered look from top to bottom. It drew my eye initially from the bottom to the top and then back again. I'm not sure that a smaller aperture and the resulting extra sharpness would add anything, I kind of like the smooth look that resulted from these settings.
Nov 11, 2014 14:38:15 #
Nov 11, 2014 15:41:53 #
Nightski wrote:
I'm glad I asked ... you've given me something to think about. Thank you.
And I apologize for not knowing what section I was in! My mind is elsewhere, packing up for a mission to Kenya, we do vision clinics in the slums of Nairobi twice a year. Between a beautiful countryside, the animals on photo safaris and some of the truly moving things that I encounter in our work there, I should have some nice keepers to post around Thanksgiving after my return. Hold down the fort in my absence, please!
Nov 11, 2014 15:58:37 #
One thing that concerns me is that you post a tight crop of a fungus and identify it for the world as a Laetiporus, aka chicken of the woods, sulfur shelf mushroom. It is not the normal color of that species. Identifying mushrooms is an art and should never be done in such a manner as you have. People could take your word for it and believe another they found to be edible as you have stated. I've picked mushrooms in Minnesota for over 60 years and I would not call you find a "chicken of the woods". Without seeing more of it including the bottom, I would call it a standard tree fungus. If so, it would probably not be poisonous, but eating it would be the same as eating bark off an elm tree. Did you over process the color to make it more interesting to you? If you want I could post on this site an in focus shot I took of one, picked and ate a month ago.
Nov 11, 2014 16:02:53 #
Leon S wrote:
One thing that concerns me is that you post a tigh... (show quote)
Did you read my original post, Leon? :-)
Nov 11, 2014 16:13:34 #
Nov 11, 2014 16:15:38 #
Whats you original post? Isn't this you original post. You haven't made reference on this post to anything else.
Nov 11, 2014 16:15:59 #
Nov 11, 2014 16:49:59 #
Chuy
Loc: OUT OF TOWN
I find this image is out of focus from top to bottom and sharpness would be it's saving grace.
Nov 11, 2014 17:01:35 #
Leon S wrote:
Whats you original post? Isn't this you original post. You haven't made reference on this post to anything else.
I meant did you read the description of my original post?
Thank you for looking and commenting Chewy.
Nov 11, 2014 17:06:41 #
Chuy
Loc: OUT OF TOWN
Nightski wrote:
I meant did you read the description of my original post?
Thank you for looking and commenting Chewy.
Thank you for looking and commenting Chewy.
Your welcome.
Nov 11, 2014 22:27:47 #
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