Scottish Fungus
Happened upon while wandering at Ardtornish on the west coast of Scotland – autumn 2016
- Aperture: ƒ/4
- Camera: DSC-RX10M3
- Focal length: 135.88999938684mm
- ISO: 640
- Shutter speed: 1/250s
Inkcaps
Hare’s Foot Inkcap
Coprinopsis lagopus – popping up form a heap of wood chippings in town. These fruiting bodies (aka: mushrooms) last only a few hours before dissolving into a black ink. The vague resemblance of the young fruit body to the paw of a white rabbit has apparently earned this species it’s common name. Anyway, eye-catching.
- Aperture: ƒ/1.8
- Camera: iPhone 8
- Focal length: 3.99mm
- ISO: 20
- Shutter speed: 1/287s
Compost Begins
Lifting the lid on the compost bin it was evident that transformation was beginning
- Aperture: ƒ/16
- Camera: ILCE-7M2
- Focal length: 100mm
- ISO: 1600
- Shutter speed: 1/20s
“What happened … !!!”
Bleeding Fairy Helmets
On a bit of a fungus thing at the moment – spent a happy couple of hours in the Arboretum with 25+ species of fungi waving their reproductive organs at us. These are very small and delicate and we just love the common name.
- Aperture: ƒ/4
- Camera: DSC-RX10M3
- Exposure bias: -3/10EV
- Focal length: 212.77mm
- ISO: 1600
- Shutter speed: 1/160s
Puffball
Calvatica gigantica
Don’t often see these giants, almost two feet diameter, in such pristine condition. A beauty. Arboretum, of course.
- Aperture: ƒ/4
- Camera: DSC-RX10M3
- Focal length: 117.29mm
- ISO: 1600
- Shutter speed: 1/100s