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The end of the Rainbow
I finally found it...the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
Really, this is a Leopard-spotted earthball. You may think this is heavily post-processed, but it is not. What I did here is to use a very weak front flash (-3 EV), combined with an external speedlight that is positioned to the left, outside the scene, pointing to the earthball. The external flash is triggered by the main flash. The light coming from the side maximizes definition and contrast, and brightly lits up the wet areas, making them shine. In post processing I only increased the saturation a bit.
As an amateur photographer I like this experiment. I tend to photograph fungi when there is nothing else to photograph. Now I'm learning they are actually great models since they are patient, allowing you to stage them as you please.
Scleroderma areolatum is a basidiomycete fungus and a member of the genus Scleroderma, or "earth balls."
Like most members of Scleroderma, S. areolatum resembles but is only distantly related to the giant puffball. It can be distinguished from the giant puffball by cutting it in half; the puffball will have a solid, denser middle, with no signs of a developing cap mushroom. They are usually 1–5 cm in diameter, and grow individually or in small groups. They are commonly found in deciduous.. more
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Only downside of mushrooms is they are hard to identify. They all look the same but still it's hard to find a photo online which matches your photo. Posted 11 years ago