Fungi
Little tiny yellow fungi coming up in my herb pot.
These get to be quite a decent size (about the same size as a large button mushroom) eventually.
Hand-held, two strobes: Vivitar 285HV camera right at 1/8th power, 105mm zoom, pointing downwards at about a 45 degree angle. Canon 188A Speedlite nestled in the pot quite close and slightly behind subject, camera left at 1/3 power (roughly).
View all photos taken: Thursday, 14th February 2008, This photo: 12:48pm
From the thumbnail I thought "what on earth is that?!?!"", so of course I had to have a closer look. :)
Hmmm....um....interesting subject....
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Fun-guy lol. Yes, agreed interesting shot.
The texture on the errrrr. 'knob' is almost microscopic like...
re: 'See now i wasn't going there'
yep.......... you can say that but .... errrrrrrr. everyone's thinking it though! :-)
I'm enjoying your macro work. I've found taking macro photos to be most addictive - watch out.
what is the size of the "knob" ?
Oh dear. And I've just watched "The Libertine"!
Looks like a stamen, so to speak.
edible or not, thought I'd just put a different slant on things, you would need quite a few to make a difference if they are though ! Moss is good close up, as is lichen, tree bark,. Most things actually are interesting. I've taken photos of the inside of flowers- and found there to be lots of little insects that I couldnt even see- I dont even have a true macro. That was with the S2, so along time ago !
All mushrooms are edible... some of them only once!
LOL !!! you know what I meant !!!!!
The S2 did some wonderful macros, you just had to be really really close to your subject, and unfortunately it didn't have a way to fire external flashes.
Roll Over Sigmund Freud!
i saw the thumbnail and thought "dave's totally lost it"...
hahahahahaha I was thinking to myself...uuugggh no I don't think so! And then I clicked through and everyone else already said what i was thinking. ANYWAY i like the texture on the top -looks kinda like wet velvet.
It's somewhat attention seeking to be uploading that sort of thing David.
Oh, my mistake.
:)
nice
A Valentines funghi for our viewing pleasure.
I saw it in the pot this morning, when I was watering, and mentioned it to The Macro Fiend as a possible good shot - but it was only when I saw it on the monitor that I realised how it might be... interpreted. Caught me totally by surprise.
(Of course, he went with it anyway!)
David, I don't think this mushroom is too innocent
jim
phallic symbol? mushrooms in the pot? where's the musical reference to complete the drugs sex and rock'n'roll trilogy :-p.
nice shot, i have a photo of the exact type of mushy i believe, was also growing in a pot (indoor plant).
white rabbit by. Jefferson Airplane makes a very small mention of mushrooms, I am always a bit confused by that track though, they mention a pill making you smaller or larger , yet in Alice in Wonderland I am sure its a mushroom. One side makes you tall, the other small....
Ever read that book about magic mushrooms- Don Juan -something or other... very strange. I"ve read some strange books when a student- the Gormenghast triliogies for one !
Eminen did some so did Ben Taylor, actually quite a few did songs with mushrooms in !
I would just like to add for the record I have never taken any magic mushrooms, I keep to the field or button type with the odd shittake thrown in !!
Okay, here's a mushroom song for y'all...
Now everybody knows that engineers are lazy slobs
They dress in dirty T-shirts and complain about their jobs
But Management has found a way to make them toe the mark:
You feed them bits of bullshit, and you keep them in the dark!
because they're
Mushrooms, Mushrooms, keep them in the dark
Mushrooms, Mushrooms, I heard the boss remark
You feed them bits of bullshit til they can't take any more
When they stick their heads up cut them off and
ship them out the door
An engineer told his manager, ``This project is the pits,
A stinking crock of horse manure that gives me nausious fits,''
The manager went to his boss and passed the word along,
``It's a pot of fertilizer and its smell is awfully strong.''
It comes from...
The word it traveled quickly 'til it reached the CEO,
The VP told him gladly "This is stuff that makes things grow,
It's packaged in ceramic and it's very strong indeed;
I think that you'll agree that it's exactly what we need."
It's made with...
The CEO went to the board and said to them, ``You know,
This substance has the power to make our business grow!''
They had the news that evening on the business TV shows:
``The company is growing and it's smelling like a rose!''
They're growing...
The engineer he heard the news and muttered, "It's a crime
How other guys get all the nifty projects all the time.
We have a real disaster here that just won't go away
'Cause noone ever listens to a single word we say!
Because we're...
refrain
We all are...
I believe that the book that Looby88 mentioned was by Carlos Castaneda...
Carlos Castaneda (died April 27, 1998) was a Peruvian- or Brazilian-born American author. Starting with The Teachings of Don Juan in 1968, Castaneda wrote a series of books that describe his training in traditional Mesoamerican shamanism. His 12 books have sold more than 8 million copies in 17 languages. The books, and Castaneda, who rarely spoke in public about his work, have been controversial for many years. Supporters claim the books are either true or at least valuable works of philosophy and descriptions of practices which enable an increased awareness. Academic critics claim the books are works of fiction, citing the books' internal contradictions, discrepancies between the books and anthropological data, alternate sources for Castaneda's detailed knowledge of shamanic practices, and lack of corroborating evidence. (In some places in his books Castaneda even claims himself his experiences will never be verifiable or even real as we would experience it.)
What did we do before Google...?
We read things like Earthsea, 1984, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies and some others that obviously weren't memorable enough for me.
I've not read any Castaneda either, but have heard of Don Juan.
As for pre-google, we consulted trivia nerds or used an encyclopaedia. :)
Thats him, very strange indeed, I was about 18 at the time, I read another book- Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, I just remembered that too ! I've actually turned out ok, in spite of my earlier reading habits ! This is where I await a wise crack from Mr. de Groot.....
Ta Paul !
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance (Robert Pirzig - 1975) has got to be my ALL TIME favourite book... and one of only a few books that had such a profound effect on me that it changed my life!!
I've got my Grandfather's copy of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lying around here but have not yet read it.
Totally agree with Paul, Zen is one of the best books I've read. Just brilliant. I thoroughly recommend it David.
Got me looking for books Plato wrote so I can read all about Phaedrus.
And what is good, Phædrus,
And what is not good...
Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?
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I've not read any Plato, read some Aristotle at one stage, and a few dead Roman's.