Shaggy Top (Boletellus emodensis - Hairy-cap Mushroom) #3
THE SUBJECT:
The shaggy top of a Boletellus emodensis (Hairy-cap Mushroom) in the glorious natural light of an autumn afternoon.
THE LOCATION:
Beside a track in the Kattang Nature Reserve at Dunbogan, NSW, Australia.
THE MAKING of ‘Shaggy Top (Boletellus emodensis – Hairy-cap Mushroom) #3’:
I was on a fungi safari with a Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club mate and we had only begun our hunt when I spotted the shaggy top of this fungus displaying itself so well against the rotting stump and caught in lovely side lighting.
Fuji S9600: RAW, Manual settings of f/11 @ 1/5sec, Manual focus, ISO80, Tripod, Timer.
Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3.
Visit the Fungi & Lichen collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more fabulous fungi.
NOTE:
I lightened the image slightly and gave the saturation a little tweak for printing on Ilford Galerie Smooth Gloss Media and it did a marvellous job on the colours and gave the image good depth.
UPDATE: 30-04-09
This shaggy ‘shroom has been featured in the Natural Color and Light Group.
UPDATE: 10-05-09
This hirsute fungus was named POTD in the Shutterbugs site Macro/Abstract section.
UPDATE: 8-9-09
My mop top mushroom was awarded a Merit in the Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club’s August 2009 Competition in the Open Large Colour Print Section.
UPDATE: 17-9-09
My solo shaggy fungus made the TOP TEN in the Fungilicious Group’s One Fungi Only Challenge.
Enjoy!
FUNGI: KATTANG
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Boletellus emodensis
Omphalotus nidiformis (Ghost Fungus)
Omphalotus nidiformis & Sciarid sp
Entoloma hochstetteri – The Blues Brothers #1
Spike Jones #3 – Cryptotrama asprata
Shaggy Top (Boletellus emodensis - Hairy-cap Mushroom) #3 belongs to the following groups:
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kalaryder
A wonderful clear shot, with great detail of both the tree and mushroom
Dennis Gay replied
Ciao Kala!
Good to see you along the Kattang track huntin’ ‘shrooms.
Thank you heaps for your uplifting and encouraging ”...wonderful…” wrap for my hairy fungus.
GB
Dennis
GailD
Brilliant shot Dennis. Great detail. Good enough to eat??
Dennis Gay replied
Prost Gail!
Your interest in mycology, your visit to Kattang on my fungi hunt and your very supportive and generous “Brilliant…” comment are all much appreciated.
Oh I wouldn’t eat these!!!!!
GB
Dennis
Marvin Collins
Great detail and color in this Dennis, very well done!!
Dennis Gay replied
Hejsa Marvin!
Good to have you join the gang on our Kattang fungi hunt.
Mange tak for your very supportive and encouraging “Great detail…” wrap for this shaggy topped specimen.
GB
Dennis
carpenter777
great shot
Dennis Gay replied
Guten Tag Carpenter!
Danke schön for joining the mycological safari and for leaving your encouraging “great shot” comment for my forest floor photography.
GB
Dennis
debsphotos
I’m sure these fungi’s just wait till your in the woods then decide to erupt in there full glory..no bug bits or wounds!!! LOL…excellent once again Dennis!!! *-)
Dennis Gay replied
Geia sou Deb!
The more the merrier on this fungi hunt!
Efharisto poli for your cheery, humorous and most generous ”...excellent…” comment for this lovely hairy-top.
Oh how I wish Deb! There are days when can only find poor to mediocre specimens and then comes a day like this one. I always get a real buzz when I find a really good one, especially if it is a species I have not seen before.
GB
Dennis
Lindsay Oram
hehe this is cool
Dennis Gay replied
Ma shlomech Lindsay!
Another fungi hunter on the scene! Good to see you scrambling around in the undergrowth and that you have found this one.
Toda raba for your uplifting ”...cool” wrap for my fungal effort.
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay
UPDATE: 30-04-09
This shaggy ‘shroom has been featured in the Natural Color and Light Group.
Many thanks to the Hosts and to all who have supported this fine fungus.
GB
Dennis
gabbielizzie
great shot,congrad’s
Dennis Gay replied
Selamat Gabbielizzie!
Lovely to have you with us on my fungi safari and that Hairy Harry caught your eye.
Makasih for your encouraging “great shot…” and the Seminolian congratz.
GB
Dennis
Alana Ranney
Great detail!
Dennis Gay replied
Haileo Alana!
Go raibh maith agat for joining the RBers at Kattang hunting for fungi and for your encouraging Cutlerian “Great detail!” wrap for my shaggy photography.
GB
Dennis
Hans Kawitzki
Perfect composition,exposure and details I’m always amazed about the quality you get out of your Fuji S 9600 I had my converted to Infrared a couple of weeks ago
Dennis Gay replied
Sabaai-dii Hans!
I hope you sprayed yourself with insect repellent for the fungi safari.
Khawp jai lai lai for your most flattering and supportive “Perfect…” comment for this mycological study and my abilities with my Fuji.
Aha! So that’s where all your recent infrareds came from! Where did you have it done and at what cost Hans?
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay
UPDATE: 10-05-09
This hirsute fungus was named POTD in the Shutterbugs site Macro/Abstract section.
My thanks to all who have supported this fungal photograph.
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay
UPDATE: 8-9-09
My mop top mushroom was awarded a Merit in the Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club’s August 2009 Competition in the Open Large Colour Print Section.
My utmost thanks to all the Bubblers who have supported this work. Without such encouragement and support it could well be buried deep in my head drive never to see the light of competition.
Enjoy!
GB
Dennis
Esther's Art a...
Congratulations !! Your image was placed in the Top ten of the One fungi only challenge !!
Dennis Gay replied
Goodness Gracious Me ESTHER!
Nice to see you bearing the banner with such great news.
GB
D!
Dennis Gay
UPDATE: 17-9-09
My solo shaggy fungus made the TOP TEN in the Fungilicious Group’s One Fungi Only Challenge.
Heaps big thanks to those who voted, the Hosts and to all who have appreciated and supported this close-up study.
GB
Dennis
fezoj64
Much good work Dennis,congratulate ! ..Jozef
Dennis Gay replied
Prost JOZEF!
Thank you so much for visiting my fungi collection and for leaving such a generous and encouraging comment and cheery congratz.
GB
Dennis