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Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the “fly agaric” or “fly Amanita”. This quintessential toadstool is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungu...
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Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the “fly agaric” or “fly Amanita”. This quintessential toadstool is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. [ Wikipedia ]
This image was taken near Te-Anau on New Zealand’s South Island. It is pretty much straight from the camera. I used Photoshop to remove one blade of grass which was protruding into the right hand side and that was it. No other adjustments were made.
Canon EOS 7D; EF 100mm f-2.8L Macro IS USM lens @ 100mm; 1-30 sec @ f-6.3; ISO 100, hand held. Minimal processing (refer above).
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This image was taken near Te-Anau on New Zealand’s South Island. It is pretty much straight from the camera. I used Photoshop to remove one blade of grass which was protruding into the right hand side and that was it. No other adjustments were made.
Canon EOS 7D; EF 100mm f-2.8L Macro IS USM lens @ 100mm; 1-30 sec @ f-6.3; ISO 100, hand held. Minimal processing (refer above).
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loveabug55
February 03, 2013
Wow wickedly poison - I could almost reach out and touch this toadie! I admire your skills and final result. Appreciate your detailed description and camera settings. Pleased you joined the project. I hope to improve my captures through your inspirational images. Thankyou!
Klik-it
March 01, 2013
You got amazing talent! Really I just pick few pictures randomly to comment on, EVERYONE of them is gorgeous!!!
jojoxena
March 24, 2013
Yes, I agree with Klick-it,all are inspiring.This is brilliant!Thanks for sharing.
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MOLLYSP
August 11, 2013
I appreciate the information on the photos, no guesswork.
Amazing and deadly wonderful.
Amazing and deadly wonderful.
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royalgardenphotography
January 12, 2017
Every time I see a photo of these I think of Smurfs. Great job at capturing the texture.
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