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Red Fungi - Purple Pooh


Red Fungi - Purple Pooh
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Copyright: Steve Reekie (LordPotty) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1174 W: 145 N: 2717] (8424)
Genre: Fungi
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-16
Categories: Rain Forest
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8
Exposure: f/8, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): New Zealand Fungi [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-06-18 5:08
Viewed: 551
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
On our walk up to Kakawau Peak the other day,I was just saying to my companion 'Wouldn't it be great to find two different coloured fungi growing together?'
A minute or two later we found this ... just as good I reckon.
Here we have a tiny red fungi (I thought it might be Mycena uru but the stem is thick and white as opposed to thin and dark as it should be) and next to it,a pile of bright purple bird droppings.
Many native New Zealand birds feed exclusively on the berries of podocarps like Miro (Prumnopitys furruginea) and Matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia)and broadleafs such as Pigeonwood (Hdeycarya arborea) which all have (you guessed it) purple berries.
You can see the remnants of seeds in the bird droppings.
I'd say,from the size of them,that they were quite likely droppings of a Kereru,the native wood pigeon.

Needless to say,I was chuffed to find such a colourful little scene to capture along the way.
Hope you like it too.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers
Steve
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Hello Steve,
really interesting shot, great contrast between colours, nice details and light, good note.
Cheers
Adrian

Namastay Steve,
A lovely capture of this beautiful fungi. BTW do you use a tripod or not. If no then you must try to capture these beauties by the help of an tripod. Believe me the results will be stunning. The reason for telling this is I myself will be trying this in this monsoon. As I have seen Felipe's (extramundi) works. Very good composition and fine details. Very colorful indeed. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Sincerely
Hara

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3455 W: 144 N: 5911] (17514)
  • [2008-06-19 3:20]

Interesting subjects there Steve. Yes, very colourful!!
Looks like those berries have gone just about 'straight through him'!!!!!
I love the little red fungi growing among all those small green plants
TFS
Janice

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1706 W: 242 N: 5635] (20049)
  • [2008-06-19 11:19]

Haha :-D That is one colourful bird poo! :-)
Compliments this tiny mushroom very nicely ;-D
Excellent overall quality.
Superb DOF too.

Well done, Steve!

Cheers mate,
Joe

p.s I've emailed you!

Hello Steve,

A beautiful compo. 3 beautiful colors together on maybe 10 cm. Nice details and light. A very good clarity. The contrast is amazing. Thanks for sharing you did a fine job. Regards and TFS BOB

hi Steve,


great picture from tis tiny little red fungi.
I have never been this specie.
gert

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