Barrington Tops National Park: fungus

Also very nice Ian, especially full screen. Greetings Berend

This is a very different composition from my normal approach but while I have other images this one has a special appeal to me. I am pleased you like it, Berend.

Thanks very much for letting me know,

Ian

Nice to see the little things with you too.

nice photo.

Greetings from Greetje.

Nice to share it with you, Greetje. Each mushroom was the size of a small fingernail. They were growing on a small bank and I had the camera on the ground to get 'under' them.

Ian

Fantastic macro, Ian! Amazing to think that the picture has enlarged them so much and so clearly. Theolfa

Great macro Ian - very strong! cheers - matt

Dear Matt and Theolfa,

I appreciate your affirmations, but I am also pleased that you were able to see these little fellows hardly noticed but thriving on the forest floor.

Ian

nice shot

is it a macro?

Majid

Ian - isn't it amazing that when this shot is enlarged, the little toadstools look as if they have knitted covers!! Do you see what I mean?

It's a lovely unusual shot. Our eldest son always refers to these and other members of their fungussy family as "mushstools"..!! I have a weak spot for these and love to add them to woodland paintings.

Warm wishes & greetings from Hazel

Dear Majid and Hazel,

First thanks very much for your responses. Majid, yes it is a macro. I have a macro extension tube for my camera, which I am seeking to master, but I still find it very challenging, though occasionally I succeed with it.

So I am very pleased that you have appreciated it. I, like you Hazel, have enjoyed this image very much especially when projected or enlarged. Hope some of your next painting have mushstools in the foreground - in macro!

Warmest regards from Tonga,

Ian

They look like old wigs, Olga

They are very familiar as tiny fungi on the forest floor but the camera in magnifying them for us allows us to see new images, different appearances: the unfamiliar has to fit our familiar.

Thank you for your visit and comment, Olga.

Ian

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Thank very much, Erol. I glad they appeal to you.

Ian

Top photo. R

Hey....what a great shot.!!

Hi Designer and Robyn,

I am pleased that you both like this macro image. I actually had to scoop out a hole for the camera so I could get under these tiny plants.

Regards,

Ian

Such a lovely tribe standing in the rain! Or at least they seem to look a little wet. Like your idea of scooping out a little hole as sometimes ground level is still not low enough.

These are such fairytale "Mushstools", Ian - is that a back- or a front-door on the right-hand toadstool, do you think?

What sort of "gogga" do you think has enjoyed the hospitality of those dear little toadstools? (Or was it a fairy who fashioned that mini-doorway...?) ((;

We humans clump our way across the landscape, but few take time to pause and examine the surface that we so casually flatten with our clodhoppers!! You are one of those precious few, Ian - and we are indeed blessed to share your little discoveries - thank you!!

Warmest greetings from Hazel

Hi joyphotos and Hazel,

This tribe was watching the playoff in the Australian Open one rainy day - ok they had just watched me make a divot in order to take a shot.

As for the nibbles of their umbrellas, I think that happened because they nervously were waiting to see what I was going to do. But I admit, I was reminded of those faraway childhood days of nibbling the wax from under the lip of the little ice cream cups that were special treats in days of yore.

Thank you both for your appreciation and affirmation. And joyphotos I see that you have enjoyed photographing fungi, too! And very well done.

Warmest regards,

Ian