My First Post About Mushrooms
Going back to my early Steem days to find my first Fungi inspired post... I had to go all the way to the very beginning in September 2017. After my introduction post, my second and third posts were of mushrooms! Technically, my first post on shrooms was called Swedish Sunday. It's a Youtube video montage of many photographs i took put to the music of Koopa Castle (OC Remix) the Super Mario World Music Extended. It runs about 14 minutes and has a lot of shots i had collected in the course of time i had been in Sweden before i found out about Steem.
I love photography and taking macro shots of Mushrooms was something i found a great amount of joy in for many reasons. I have since come back to my native land of Texas, and finding mushrooms in my area is much more difficult than in the beautiful Swedish countrysides and forests. I look forward to returning there soon.
I got so excited about finding a place that actually valued my content and wanted me to share, as opposed to Facebook and other social media at the time, that i really had a lot of my posts on the chain photography and mushroom oriented. I even created a tag back in the early days #FungusAmongUs
I saw a post from @ewkaw who was participating in the Relay and decided this would be a great opportunity for me to make my first FungiLovers post too. So, i hope you like my golden oldie below.
Macro Mushrooms
Macro Photography Daily Contest Entry
I recently went on a bike ride here in the Southern Swedish countryside. I decided to take my camera with me. I took some photos of the indigenous Mushrooms I came across. I am really falling in love with the diversity of mosses, stones, and trees... but especially the Mushrooms! Let's just say we don't have much of this back in the part of Texas I am from. I decided to share a few of the photos with you and just make this post my entry into the daily contest. All of my photos are taken with a Canon Powershot SD1100 IS point and shoot 8 mega pixel camera.
Link for this contest and others at the bottom of this post.
I really like how this blade grass is in focus and the contrast between the white mushroom and the dark sky blue!
This photo reminds me of a scene from Super Mario Bros. I can picture a mini Mario jumping from one cap to another and even hear the sound effects too!
I really like the perspective and the flattened out fan of the gills on this mushroom. I am really drawn to the Ring or Annulus around the bottom... it looks like this mushroom ripped out of it's little ball!
This is one of my all time personal favorite photos I have ever taken. I absolutely LOVE the perspective and the angle of the line of sight peering into the underside of the canopy. I have seen this picture in my head since I was a kid... and I was truly happy that this time LIFE actually IMITATED ART!
I really like the symmetry in this mushroom as well as how the texture adds a feeling of motion or movement. The shadowing in the gill area of the bite or damage adds some nice contrast and depth of field.
My favorite part of these mushrooms is probably the fact they are growing out of some moss that was growing on top of a large stone. The caps are pretty silky looking and they make the perfect little "Umbrella" caps!
I hope you enjoyed the photos! I have so many more to share, it was truly difficult to pick just a couple to feature. I don't want to eat up anyone's data... so I may post a few posts like this from time to time rather than one giant post. I will try to share some of the Macro shots I take on each excursion. I generally take so many photos each round, it's much easier for me to just make a montage YouTube video. I have a couple already posted from D-tube further down my Blog if you care to check them out. Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to check out some of my art. Steem On!
I went ahead and chose not to include the link to the contest just in case you were wondering! =)
It's been a long journey on the platform and much of it has been mushroom and photography centered. I think that my best is yet to come. Now, for the relay handoff...
So, if they are willing to take the relay and go back to their first mushroom post, i would like to see @gidlark's Fungi Photography. I saw some in the Photography Lover's community and would like to see some more. Thanks for taking the time to read and check out this post!
Yay! Welcome to the Fungi corner :)
That first image of heart shaped mushroom is just perfect. And now that you mentioned #FungusAmongUs, I remember that tag! I even posted for it... once :p
This is like a time machine...
totally agree, 1st heard-shaped picture is exceptionally good! and others are simply enjoyable macro.
lol at the #lasttagmakenosense. I actually could not read #FungusAmongUs correctly -- received smth like #fung-usa-mongus ;) could you provide me any details what it was about? just curious.
Hahaha I still put silly tags like that from time to time. Just to see if someone notice it :D
Thanks! Yes, the heart-shaped one was probably one of my most favorite photos ever. It wasn't from my first post but that spot needed a photo so i pulled it from an old post too. This was a super fun Relay!
@ewkaw i saw your "I'm Not That Old" tag on your relay post! hahaha Yes, this was literally like going through a time machine and going back to the future. Thanks for using that tag one time.
@qwerrie you should be able to click on the tag and then change the setting to recent and it will mostly just bring up some of my old mushroom posts.
I just checked - and enjoyed most of them! seems we share love to the moss, fungi, and the lichen-moss-wet tree textures. so far, these captures impressed me most, to point a few:
and one of your posts, have earned like 72 steems! -- amazing random result, I havent seen anything any close to it even by half. those were the days... and some earned as much as 0.14 -- same as today! lol -- !ENGAGE 20
As I also noticed it was your personal tag, nobody used it except you. hmmm... anyway, welcome back, and I hope you would be able and willing to share new stuff, as well. NB. Did you change your Nikon coolscan camera to smth new?..
Thanks for checking out my old stuff. I still have my Canon SD Powershot and a Nikkon CoolPix point and shoot. Both are not great and old but i am fairly comfortable with them. I need to upgrade to be honest. I have been very fortunate here more times than i deserve probably.
Yes, i created that tag mostly for my own amusement and i was picturing the future of the blockchain and where it might go with regard to mushrooms and i thought to start that clever tag. Mostly for namesake since it's more of a funny line used here in the States.
Some of my favorite images of the mushrooms were the ones where a whole has been chewed out and you can see through the cap down into the gills. I also enjoyed the perspectives once you get down on their level. I do enjoy the rich green color and fuzzy textures of the mosses. We don't have that here in Texas so walking on a whole forest floor carpeted in it was an amazing experience. Especially when a little red cap would pop out here and there contrasting the color.
I have been fortunate to have made friends with many and to find appreciation for my content. I never have expectations other than to post well and put forth my best effort. Thanks for the warm welcome into the community. I am looking forward to getting back to Sweden in time for the Mushroom season. My favorites to seek and find where the 'forest gold' Chantrellles.
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Red color fungi is so beautiful. i really love it.
Those are some of my favorite ones to photograph. They always remind me of Super Mario Brothers. It's interesting that sometimes they stay a lighter shade and more on the orange side or you will find some deep dark reds. I love the little white spots! Thanks for dropping by.
Unfortunately, I can't join your baton, as we have winter and mushrooms (except for the ones I posted) don't grow.
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@gidlark The challenge is to go to your first post ever of mushrooms and share that post in a new one. Here is the post that started this relay. My First Post About Mushrooms Relay
Here in Texas, the mushrooms don't grow so much in the winter or summer... which leaves just a little space in between. But usually, you have to have some animals that poop a lot... like horses or cows to see any really good mushrooms.
I had to scroll all the way back to my 2nd and 3rd original posts from 2017. Maybe you have some golden oldies? Either way, no pressure and don't worry if you can't. Thanks for the beer! It's my first beer here. Stay warm my friend!
Unfortunately, I don't have old photos of mushrooms, at least I don't remember them
Although maybe tomorrow I will solve this problem. unfortunately today I am not in the mood to do anything
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Looking at your photos, I feel your love for mushrooms. But you most likely may not know that those red mushrooms with white spots are the most valuable forest mushrooms - red fly agarics. And the one below ... the tiger fly agaric is very dangerous. But you probably know all this, but you don't collect these :)
Sharp eye and strong hand, you have great macros!
Wonderful history and interesting immersion in the past. Thank you for supporting the relay :)
Thank you for the warm welcome! It was super fun to go back through the good 'ol days. Thanks for taking the time to check out my shots.
I didn't know that the fly agarics are valuable because they are quite common in that area of Sweden i lived. My mother in law said they were what the Vikings used to get in the Berserker state of mind before battle. I saw the brown ones, red, and orange fly agarics.
I don't collect the mushrooms. There are only a couple of types we take home when foraging. I am usually just foraging for photographs. That one at the bottom she called 'Devil's Hoof' because it's supposed to be so poisonous and it looks like the devil's footprint. I can't seem to find any images of it online and didn't see any results for the Tiger fly agaric either.
Thanks for your kind words. With how basic the cameras i used were (cheap point and shoot) there was a lot of magic made with the steady hands. Thanks for getting the relay going and i am super excited to have participated. Looking forward to getting some more shots!
Red fly agarics can be cooked like regular mushrooms if dried or boiled first. But they are much more useful if they are dry or used as a juice for health. They are very helpful.
Fresh fly agaric contains both poison and antidote. If you eat a lot, you will just vomit and everything will be fine.
Here the tiger fly agaric and the pale grebe are poisonous for real. You don't even need to try them. There is no antidote at all against the venom of the pale toadstool.
Of course, for macro, it is better and more convenient to use modern digital cameras and lenses. But for a good photo, it's more important who shoots than what camera they shoot :)
Thanks again. Do you have any links for the Tiger Fly Agaric by chance? I just spent the last hour or so reading up on the Fly Agaric. Good times. Very informative. I agree with you about who shoots over what tool they are using for the photography! =)
Nice collection!
Thanks! Hopefully, more to come! =)