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Copyright: Tanja Almazan (sily) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 238 W: 6 N: 391] (1893)
Genre: Fungi
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-09-21
Categories: Fungi
Camera: Canon PowerShot A710 IS
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-09-26 14:13
Viewed: 849
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I apologize for the blury light it was sunset and the light conditions were not really perfect.

Exploding puffball

Puffballs are common in meadows and woods and on heaths or lawns. When young, their fruiting bodies are whitish spheres, sometimes with short stalks, and are fleshy in texture. If cut across in this state, they show a compact rind enclosing a loose tissue, in the interspaces of which the spores are developed; as the fungus matures it changes to yellowish-brown and brown. When ripe, the rind tears at the apex and the spores escape through the aperture when any pressure is applied to the ball. When white and fleshy, the fungus is edible. The fibrous mass which remains after the spores have escaped has been used for tinder or as a styptic for wounds.
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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2860 W: 34 N: 8481] (31692)
  • [2007-09-26 14:16]

Hi Tanja. Very good timing to have seen and captured this one. great to see the spores in the wind. good colour .well done TFS. good notes too.
Nick..

Hi Tanja,
Amazing capture!
At first I thought there were flames, but I see that it must be dust of the ground of the spores.
It's so incredible that you were at the very precise moment of the puffball's opening.
Congratulations and thanks for share it.
My best regards,
JM

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1044 W: 156 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2007-09-26 20:26]

Hi Tanja,
Either your timing is impeccable, you're extremely patient or you gave it a squeeze :-) Very interesting post, I've honestly never seen a puffball before. The puffball is out of focus so I can't see it very clearly but I like the framing with all the spores drifting off to their new home. An interesting post!
Hope all is well,
Adrian

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3551 W: 143 N: 5621] (18399)
  • [2007-09-27 0:41]

Hi Tanja.
Superb title, nice note and perfect shot. My greetings. I like POV and vertical cropping so much as well as the skilful reproduction of the "smoke". Bravo and my best regards.
Alexei.

hello
sily
originalité parfaite, bonne couleurs et tres bonne idée de diffusion
merci , bien a toi
edith

Hello Tanja excellent timing to capture this well caught dof could be deeper but I'm impressed good composition and colours are good. The light caught the spores well tfs rgds Necip

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