Thematic Forest walks, Lichen, Fungi, Moss, dead leaves

normhead · 08-16-2018, 08:01 AM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Some pretty images there but please use a separate post for each one. We need to boost the number of posts or we won't reach 40,000 by the end of the month. We're little behind, and it is not easy to make up 300+ posts.

Like I don't post enough...

**WPRESTO** · 08-16-2018, 08:04 AM

Originally posted by normhead

Like I don't post enough...

But just imagine, you could up your total maybe five-fold

normhead · 08-16-2018, 08:07 AM - **1 Like**

MY goal at the moment is 10,000 likes before I hit 30,000 posts, It's going to be tight, extra posts won't help. We all have our priorities.

normhead · 08-17-2018, 12:18 PM

Back on track, cloudy, unbelievably dark, wet and rainy this morning, but , it washed off all the mushrooms for me and made some of them glisten. I feel guilty for not using pixel shift,

K-1 and DFA 100macro 2.8 WR.
Mostly ƒ8, 800 ISO, AV

If you look at the forrest floor long enough, sooner or later you come upon something a little different.

**WPRESTO** · 08-17-2018, 05:18 PM

Originally posted by normhead

If you look at the forrest floor long enough, sooner or later you come upon something a little different.

Small toads are seen regularly on our AM walk.s At the moment they're almost thumb-nail size. Some weeks back, they were smaller than a pinky nail.

**WPRESTO** · 08-17-2018, 05:20 PM

From this morning's walk, about the biggest mushroom that grows in this area, about seven inches across the cap.

**WPRESTO** · 08-17-2018, 05:21 PM

Some smallish mushrooms growing at the base of a tree.

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**WPRESTO** · 08-17-2018, 05:22 PM

A mushroom with it's gills showing, as if the cap were blown upward by a gust of wind.

**WPRESTO** · 08-17-2018, 05:24 PM

Shelf fungi. I didn't hold this as steadily as I ought so it's a little soft from blurring.

**WPRESTO** · 08-17-2018, 05:26 PM

And a trio of puffballs set into their environment. This image and the ones I posted just above taken with a CPPS.

normhead · 08-17-2018, 06:23 PM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Small toads are seen regularly on our AM walk.s At the moment they're almost thumb-nail size. Some weeks back, they were smaller than a pinky nail.

I think this guy probably eats those little guys.

**WPRESTO** · 08-18-2018, 03:46 AM

Originally posted by normhead

I think this guy probably eats those little guys.

That is almost certainly true, although I've never seen such an event. Frogs & toads are pretty automatic = if it moves and is small enough to swallow, do it, and for their size, they have very big mouths.

**WPRESTO** · 08-18-2018, 05:08 AM

I got a little tired of routine images of mushrooms, so I ran filters over one and came up with this. I tried to leave enough of the original so that it's easy to see that it's a picture of a mushroom. Perhaps it would be better posted on the "abstracts" thread, but I tried to avoid making it a full abstract. Hope it amuses

**WPRESTO** · 08-19-2018, 05:03 AM

AM walk in the wet woods yesterday means a mushroom-image-posting-binge today.
Number one.

**WPRESTO** · 08-19-2018, 05:04 AM

Second

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08-16-2018, 08:01 AM	#976
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451 Original Poster	Originally posted by WPRESTO Some pretty images there but *please* use a separate post for each one. We need to boost the number of posts or we won't reach 40,000 by the end of the month. We're little behind, and it is not easy to make up 300+ posts. Like I don't post enough...

08-16-2018, 08:04 AM	#977
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,108	Originally posted by normhead Like I don't post enough... But just imagine, you could up your total maybe five-fold

08-16-2018, 08:07 AM - 1 Like	#978
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451 Original Poster	MY goal at the moment is 10,000 likes before I hit 30,000 posts, It's going to be tight, extra posts won't help. We all have our priorities.

08-17-2018, 12:18 PM	#979
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451 Original Poster	Back on track, cloudy, unbelievably dark, wet and rainy this morning, but , it washed off all the mushrooms for me and made some of them glisten. I feel guilty for not using pixel shift, K-1 and DFA 100macro 2.8 WR. Mostly ƒ8, 800 ISO, AV If you look at the forrest floor long enough, sooner or later you come upon something a little different.

08-17-2018, 05:18 PM	#980
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,108	Originally posted by normhead If you look at the forrest floor long enough, sooner or later you come upon something a little different. Small toads are seen regularly on our AM walk.s At the moment they're almost thumb-nail size. Some weeks back, they were smaller than a pinky nail.

08-17-2018, 06:23 PM	#986
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451 Original Poster	Originally posted by WPRESTO Small toads are seen regularly on our AM walk.s At the moment they're almost thumb-nail size. Some weeks back, they were smaller than a pinky nail. I think this guy probably eats those little guys.

08-18-2018, 03:46 AM	#987
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,108	Originally posted by normhead I think this guy probably eats those little guys. That is almost certainly true, although I've never seen such an event. Frogs & toads are pretty automatic = if it moves and is small enough to swallow, do it, and for their size, they have very big mouths.