frigaliment wrote:
interesting approach. never considered shooting shrooms in b/w
B&W takes all the conflicts that color can introduce into an image out of that conflict.
These are bright white and the size of a softball or larger..The have some raised areas that turn black or brown that add depth to the top of the "ball".
I found more across the lane in my neighbor's meadow that were even better!
Need to process them..
Thanks again and WELCOME!
Dan
Nice ,Dan'l they are literally popping up all over the neighborhood. We need to get a dry day so I can venture forth into the wood and see what varieties I might find. I just wish they were edible!
Douglas
e6filmuser wrote:
If they were in the UK, they would be.
From what I can see, these are likely Shaggy Inkcaps, which typically grow on lawns in urban areas. They should have dark-brown ridges underneath, darkening to black as they mature, and will turn slimy/black as they rot. Of course it goes without saying that no one should take a mushroom identification via a photo as definitive!
Shaggy Inkcaps are considered semi-edible, with a pleasant taste a bit like white asparagus. Beware that the Smooth Inkcap almost-lookalike will make you violently ill if you have any alcohol in your system, so most people avoid them.
grantgoodes wrote:
From what I can see, these are likely Shaggy Inkcaps, which typically grow on lawns in urban areas.
Shaggy Inkcaps are considered semi-edible, with a pleasant taste a bit like white asparagus, but will make you violently ill if you have any alcohol in your system, so most people avoid them.
grant..
It is the Smooth Inkcap which contains Antabuse. I have eaten quite a few Shaggies, over the years, always with alcohol.
e6filmuser wrote:
I don't like the burnt-out highlights in the B/Ws.
Harold
Thanks Harold! Understand 100%..
I "saw" these in nothing but bright white which is how they visually appeared as I passed by. It was a gloomy, very humid hot day that had a haze from a passing shower....they stood right out in the gloom.
I thought about Burnt out (or blown out) highlights are effective because they inject emotional mood, "they stood right out against a deep green grass bg" and the moody cloudy gloom of early morn and realistically mimic how human eyes experiences extreme light....in this case "blown out whites".
" Blown highlights visually evoke extreme weather conditions,(EXACTLY!) such as blinding mid-day summer heat or cold, harsh winter fog.
Thanks!
Dan
douter wrote:
Nice ,Dan'l they are literally popping up all over the neighborhood. We need to get a dry day so I can venture forth into the wood and see what varieties I might find. I just wish they were edible!
Douglas
Indeed on edible Douglas!!!!
I LOVE mushrooms..Being of Italian heritage, it is in our "jeans".
Dan
