Texture on Pinky-Peachy Pumpkin
Diffused Light on Pumpkin
306/365: "Chance favors the prepared mind." ~ Loui…
Textured Autumn Leaves
10-Week Projects: Trees--Single Tree (Vintage Oak…
307/365: "The true method of knowledge is experime…
Pair of Budding Mushrooms...Gosh, What Does This L…
Pretty Short-Stemmed Russula Mushroom
308/365: "Time sometimes flies like a bird, someti…
Young Striped Skunk!
Sepia-Toned Short-Stemmed Roussela Mushrooms
309/365: "Your success and happiness lies in you.…
Scale Shot of Me Holding the Decayed Leaf with the…
Three Amigos on a Nacho Leaf! :D
Scale Shot of Me Holding the Bark with Mushrooms
310/365: "You laugh at me because I'm different, I…
Moosie Surveying His World
Dripping Wet & Beautiful Decaying Oregon-grape Lea…
311/365: "I have always looked upon decay as being…
Sunset with Burn Smoke, Jet Trails, the Moon and V…
Molly is a Happy Girl!
312/365: "As a single withered tree, if set aflame…
Over My Head...Is This a Murder of Crows or a Cons…
305/365: "Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil…
365 Project: October Collage
Dew-Covered Cherry Tomato
304/365: "This Halloween, the most popular mask is…
Bokeh Thursday: A Pumpkin Staring up at Candle Lig…
Bokeh Thursday: Behold, a Pink Mottled Pumpkin!
303/365: "There is nothing more dreadful than the…
Lovely Mottled Berberis Leaves
Male Northern Paper Wasp on Goldenrod Blossom
302/365: "There'll always be serendipity involved…
Fading Evergreen Needles, Lit By the Sun
Costco Parking Lot Flowers
301/365: "And all your future lies beneath your ha…
Spotted Towee in a Tiff (Angry Bird!) :D
The Beauty of Fall
300/365: "Before everything else, getting ready is…
Curving Holly Branch with Prickle-Less Leaves!
Beautiful Brewer's Blackbird
299/365: "Happiness is not something ready made. I…
Female Greater White-fronted Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose Close-Up
Canada Goose Swimming Through Maple Tree Reflectio…
See also...
Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
646 visits
Discovered Under a Log: A Trio of Tiny Mushrooms!


If you want to find mushrooms, one place to look is under and inside logs and stumps. I rarely find mushrooms but I often find fungus of some sort. When looking under logs, bark, and stumps, I am always very careful and poised to jump away. The one reason I'm extremely wary is that there are rattlesnakes in the area. Very rare, but they are around. Because of that, I am always 100% prepared if I were to possibly uncover a cranky rattlesnake. Lifting up logs, rolling over stumps, etc, is always done very slowly and carefully because it is not my intention to disturb or injure any possible occupants.
Things I've found under logs and stumps include:
California Mountain King Snake
Blue-Tailed Skink
Fence Lizard
Forest Scorpions (several)
Millipedes & Centipedes
Ants & Beetles
Spiders & webs
Cocoons, Eggs, and Egg Sacs
Mushrooms
Fungus
I was up on the ridge line the other day and looked under another log when I noticed something really small and fuzzy. I got down very close and stared...A MUSHROOM! No...THREE MUSHROOMS!! These little guys are only about 1/4" tall and you can see their fuzzy roots, which are called mycelium, all over their lower parts! (Thanks to Leapfrog (Art) for the link to a nice diagram: Fungal Mycelia) My problem was that I didn't have my camera with me, so I put the log back and two days later I returned with my camera, and happily they were still doing just fine!
This picture, like the last few mushroom pictures I've shared, is "stacked". I took the mushrooms from an image with an aperture of 9.0 and put them into a picture with an aperture of 2.8 for a soft background. I have had several people ask me for more details how to do this, so I've written an article, using this image as an example to show you the different steps so hopefully you can understand my explanation! :) Great Focus & Soft Backgrounds: A Tutorial
Things I've found under logs and stumps include:
California Mountain King Snake
Blue-Tailed Skink
Fence Lizard
Forest Scorpions (several)
Millipedes & Centipedes
Ants & Beetles
Spiders & webs
Cocoons, Eggs, and Egg Sacs
Mushrooms
Fungus
I was up on the ridge line the other day and looked under another log when I noticed something really small and fuzzy. I got down very close and stared...A MUSHROOM! No...THREE MUSHROOMS!! These little guys are only about 1/4" tall and you can see their fuzzy roots, which are called mycelium, all over their lower parts! (Thanks to Leapfrog (Art) for the link to a nice diagram: Fungal Mycelia) My problem was that I didn't have my camera with me, so I put the log back and two days later I returned with my camera, and happily they were still doing just fine!
This picture, like the last few mushroom pictures I've shared, is "stacked". I took the mushrooms from an image with an aperture of 9.0 and put them into a picture with an aperture of 2.8 for a soft background. I have had several people ask me for more details how to do this, so I've written an article, using this image as an example to show you the different steps so hopefully you can understand my explanation! :) Great Focus & Soft Backgrounds: A Tutorial
Jenny McIntyre, , , and 16 other people have particularly liked this photo
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2025
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
But rattlesnakes?? irx - I´m shivering ...
Janet Brien club has replied to HelenaPF clubIl est très agréable d'avoir vos commentaires !
Seen and admired in:
De lumière et d'ombres- light and shadows
Sign-in to write a comment.