Mushroom in the Greenhouse
Mushroom in the Greenhouse – Avra Valley, Arizona, USA
“In the dystopian world of macro, mushrooms rise up out of the darkness to tower overhead and blades of grass become an impenetrable bamboo thicket.”
O. Bisogno Scotti
copyright 2011 O. Bisogno Scotti All Rights Reserved.
Minolta SR-T 101 SLR, Velbon Tripod, Kodak Kodachrome 64 35 mm, color transparency film, exposure: not recorded.
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Hello Bisogno:
Wonderful mushroom photo. Is there a story behind this, or was it just something you wandered by? I noticed the title says in the Greenhouse, but it looks like outdoors. What kind of mushroom is it. Did you do anything at all to the cap or stem, in terms of touch ups, etc.?
I just thought of something… what if I call you Biscotti? I like it!
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Hi Dawn. It’s good to see you here!
I captured this inside a greenhouse with a dirt floor. The mushroom was growing in the dirt along with a patch of grass. I used a macro lens on the camera which was mounted on a tripod with the legs splayed all the way out so the camera was practically on the floor. This gave me an ants eye angle of view. I don’t know what kind of mushroom it was, but there was no retouching involved. AlI I did was wait for the light to be perfect. It was the low angle of the sun that brought out the rich colors and detail.
Why don’t you just call me Cookie. 🙂
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Cookie? Hahaha!!
Thanks for the story behind the photo. I guess every photo has to have a special way to capture it, and it sounds like you were uncomfortable doing this one, but it was worth it. Great job!
Dawn 🙂
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Very eloquent quote, OB. Of course as always photo is pure perfection.
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Thanks Kathleen. I hadn’t planned on writing anything for this post, but the words just came to me as I was looking at the image…so I decided to put it in. I’m glad you like the image.
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Thanks Dawn. I was basically lying in a mud puddle, to get that shot. Sometimes you have to go the extra mile.
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Awesome……..so perfect. I like it!! Avra Valley huh…..wow
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Thanks Mimi! Yeah, Avra Valley 1983. There is a miniature world on a green house floor…waiting to be explored. I can’t believe I had a macro lens back then. Sure wish I had one now!
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Thanks for liking this post Mike!
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Very edible!I Guess you are going to have to add a macro to your arsenal of weapons! You do tend to get wherever the action is, in the air or on the ground. The world can not escape your wandering eye! Even if it is inches off the ground! 😆
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I would make good use of a macro lens. Here’s the one on my wish list. It also makes a good portrait lens.
I must admit having wallowed in the mud on occasion for a good shot. 😉
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Where are the photo’s now” On your blog somewhere?
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I’ll give you three prime examples:
mud-1
mud-2
mud-3
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That is one expensive lens but well worth the investment
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Unfortunately, perfection comes with a price.
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Natures’ Child. Thanks for liking my photograph. It’s been a long time since I had a macro lens.
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Thanks for liking Mike.
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Yes it does! But look at the end result “perfection “
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I love the texture of mushrooms and their aroma. This looks good enough to eat! 🙂
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The sharpness of the lens brought out the texture in the mushroom. That wasn’t even a Nikon lens. It was a Minolta lens and body. Not bad!
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sukiyama02. Thanks for liking “Mushroom in the Greenhouse”. I need to get back to the world of macro. Its been too long…I’m working on it…
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I’m expert at waiting…will looking forward to masterpiece.
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It’s a beautiful shot with one of my favorite lens…
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Thanks Lezlie. That lens was a pearl. Mine had a Minolta mount so I had to leave it behind when I made the switch to Nikon.
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“Lezlie Sokol” Painted Cloud Gallery. I’m glad you liked “Mushroom in the Greenhouse”. It was interesting to reread this conversation. I finally have macro capability again. The link going to the lens was broken, but I just fixed it.
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