Blue Beauty

Artist: Neil Boucher
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Blue Beauty

This beautiful little fellow was one of a group growing on the end of a rotting stick. It is about 7.5mm across.
Found in Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania.

Unfortunately this crop is not large enough to sell. Look for the full size image to follow.

Robert Knapman, about 1 year ago

A magician has been here. Thanks
Neil Boucher, about 1 year ago

Thank you Robert.
These little gems were most certainly magic!
Helene Kippert, about 1 year ago

This is amazing Neil – I’ve never seen one that colour before!
Neil Boucher, about 1 year ago

Thank You. Neither had I Helene!
dopey, about 1 year ago

YOU’VE CROPPED IT WELL, LOOKS BEAUTIFUL !!!!!
Neil Boucher, about 1 year ago

Thanks Dopey :-)
gaypony, about 1 year ago

if you go into your settings in your programme, you can go into image size.
make the size 2400 by 3200 and put the resolution up to 1000.
save as a png file and you wont have any problems with a pic again.
Neil Boucher, about 1 year ago

Thanks gaypony, I’ll give it a try.
kookylane, about 1 year ago

that looks like glowing mushroom! v nice!!!
Steve Axford, about 1 year ago

Mycena interrupta! and a very nice specimen too.
WitheringMoon, about 1 year ago

Wonderful, beautiful colour’s!
Dennis Gay IPA, about 1 year ago

G’day Neil,
I really like the luminocity emmanating from this photograph.
You have been very fortunate to find such a rare and interesting specimen of this beautiful fungi.
I notice you have very carefully framed/cropped the image to show it off at its best but may I be so bold as to suggest that you make this a square crop as I have found it works very well with small individual subjects. In this case it would also remove a lot of unnecessary background.
The lighting is very good and the exposure very well controlled.
A nice shallow depth of field yet deep enough to give the fungi a good clear, round form.
Your focus is adequately sharp and when combined with your point of focus renders good clear detail on the subject.
The colours just speak for themselves – the rarity of the blue fungus itself is a winner and the forest browns and greens compliment it very well.
The contrast and tones are very pleasing.
Lovely work mate!
God bless you and yours,
Dennis
photophreak, about 1 year ago

ooo amazing i love it !!!
classical, about 1 year ago

Space age fungi, what a find and wht a great jod done with the lighting and depth of field.
hatefueled, about 1 year ago

adobe photoshop is great for resizing images without pixellating it. beautiful shot of an awsome mushroom!
itsallgoodamanda, 11 months ago

that is hot ! Was it taken in a cold climate,im a big fungi fan weird i know but i only ever see orange or brown also the rest of your work is excellent
Neil Boucher, 11 months ago

Thanks everyone :)
Yes Amanda, it was taken in the Cradle Mountain area of Tasmania – a very cool climate.
Thank you for your compliment :)
Philip W Messe..., 11 months ago

Beautiful Macro., would like to know is name. Mybe I’ll try looking it up.

phil
Nicole Goggins, 11 months ago

great photo! the colour is amazing… how do you find these little guys???
Seesee, 11 months ago

An interest of mine as well, love finding these wetland beauties…’cept for the leeches ! captured very well, lovely clarity.
Neil Boucher, 11 months ago

Thanks for your comments everyone.

Sorry about the strikeout Amanda, must have accidentally put some formatting codes in.

Phil, it is Mycena interrupta, common name Pixie’s Parasol .

Nicole, they are easy to find once you become accustomed to looking for them – you have to start looking for fungi rather than just taking in the big picture. They particularly like damp, mossy areas (as Seesee said, where you would find leeches). They seem to have a particular liking to pine forests. These were photographed at Cradle Mountain National Park in Tasmania, but I have also photographed this variety on the slopes of Mount Macedon, Victoria.
Jeremy Evans, 11 months ago

One of a kind. I have never seen anything like it. except for maybe the professional Planet Earth Series. Beautiful shot.
Christopher E..., 11 months ago

beautiful shot, excellent focus and dof, the exposure is perfect
Neil Boucher, 11 months ago

Thanks Jeremy and Christopher.

I just realised I had made a mistake – in the description I had it as 75mm across – it is actually 7.5mm across. Have fixed the description.
Adam Excell, 11 months ago

amazing photo. what a sight that would be to see. thanks for sharing it with me, as i may have never seen a fungi like this in all my life.
Tracy King, 11 months ago

Great find.
Alyson Pearson, 7 months ago

wow!
how cute!