Forests hide things from us sometimes, until we take the time to look. Early on in my photography life I fell under the spell of the Kingdom of the Fungi. Hiking with me is impossible unless you can also happily spend time with what I call the Time Sucking Mushroom Log. Or stump in this case.
These beauties were at Bradford Bog in NH and I just couldn’t resist. They’re a good example of the constantly changing mushroom taxonomy and have been named Inocephalus quadratus, entoloma quadratum, nolanea quadrata, entoloma salmoneum, nolanea salmonea. Phew.
I tried to include some of the trees in the background because they echoed the shapes of the mushrooms. The trees reaching to the sun and the fungi reaching to spread its spores. Even the pine needles seem to be reaching to the sky.
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Does it speak to you about the woods without actually show it much?
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Is this a composite: No
Handheld while trying not to sink into the bog too much and ruin its delicate structure.
Lightroom for a little crop and white balance correction. The usual white and black points as well as texture and clarity. Sharpening enhanced with Topaz Sharpen AI.