Halloween Fungus

[Ziggy]

Found this in the woods Saturday.

[NorthernFocus]

That is an impressive fungus. And well decked out in season colors. Nicely done.

[Shadowman]

Nice display.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Jim,

I'd have been tempted to 'house-tidy' the scene a little, by carefully removing a few odd fallen leaves before shooting.

Apart from that, it is an impressive example.

Cheers, Dave

[JBW]

I like the colours and the DoF.

[Ziggy]

Hi Jim,

I'd have been tempted to 'house-tidy' the scene a little, by carefully removing a few odd fallen leaves before shooting.

Apart from that, it is an impressive example.

Cheers, Dave

Thanks all and Dave I agree, I'm getting lazy.

[James G]

Jim, really nice, and I love the colour in this specimen.

As regards,

I'm getting lazy

...... I'm not sure... I always find myself double thinking about removing stray leaves etc from the fungus and the immediate scene. Lots of 'imperfect' specimens are naturally so because leaf litter in particular falls on them, and tends to stick. So I then try to con myself that it is the 'natural' capure I am after.
Then for some subjects, I will clear debris away from the foot of a stalk, for instance. I then tell myself it's because it aids identification in many cases.
But I think I'm really more often after a pleasing (artistic) presentation if I'm being honest .
I know this is the case because I'm not good at identifying species, (definately lazy!), and prefer not to remove them to carry out detailed gill and spore analysis etc...

Brian's comment about DoF is interesting though... did you need to 'stack'?

[xpatUSA]

Jim, really nice, and I love the colour in this specimen.

+1 to that.

As regards, ...... I'm not sure... I always find myself double thinking about removing stray leaves etc from the fungus and the immediate scene. Lots of 'imperfect' specimens are naturally so because leaf litter in particular falls on them, and tends to stick. So I then try to con myself that it is the 'natural' capure I am after.
Then for some subjects, I will clear debris away from the foot of a stalk, for instance. I then tell myself it's because it aids identification in many cases.
But I think I'm really more often after a pleasing (artistic) presentation if I'm being honest .
I know this is the case because I'm not good at identifying species, (definately lazy!), and prefer not to remove them to carry out detailed gill and spore analysis etc...

Perhaps damned if you do, damned if you don't

Sometime back I posted various images of a particular tree bole which had some interesting-ish burls on it. It had quite a bit of under-growth in front of it plus dead leaves and branches. There was some disagreement expressed as I cleared all that stuff out of the way and clipped some distracting saw palmetto shoots. From a personal POV, all that stuff exists in great abundance on the property. I view it as non-photogenic trash.

To clear, or not to clear . . that be the question . .

[JohnRostron]

As regards, ...... I'm not sure... I always find myself double thinking about removing stray leaves etc from the fungus and the immediate scene. Lots of 'imperfect' specimens are naturally so because leaf litter in particular falls on them, and tends to stick. So I then try to con myself that it is the 'natural' capure I am after.
Then for some subjects, I will clear debris away from the foot of a stalk, for instance. I then tell myself it's because it aids identification in many cases.
But I think I'm really more often after a pleasing (artistic) presentation if I'm being honest .
I know this is the case because I'm not good at identifying species, (definately lazy!), and prefer not to remove them to carry out detailed gill and spore analysis etc...

My thoughts as well. However this one should probably be fairly easy to identify. If it were in the UK, I would guess something like Ganoderma.

Brian's comment about DoF is interesting though... did you need to 'stack'?

Looking at your Exif, the aperture was f/3.7 which suggests stacking.

Anyway I like the picture a lot!

John

[Ziggy]

Thanks all for the comments. Don't have a clue what kind this is but it was only a small part of it.

No stacking ,taken on the long end of the zoom with the P&S.

[Jim B.]

I believe the local name here is "Chicken of the Woods" (Laetiporus sulphureus)

[Ziggy]

I believe the local name here is "Chicken of the Woods" (Laetiporus sulphureus)

Thanks for the ID Jim.

[IzzieK]

Impressive find! I love the colour. I do not believe I have ever seen one as big as that one...

[JohnRostron]

I believe the local name here is "Chicken of the Woods" (Laetiporus sulphureus)

Yes, I would agree. The ones we usually see in the UK are yellower which threw me.

John

[John 2]

Nice capture - with or without the detritus. (this fence is a hard place to sit).

[deetheturk]

Well captured Jim, lovely colours