A Winter Mushroom

Beautiful colours and dof :o) Funny how it stands alone...

Just beautiful!

this is an absolute ripper of a shot
the intense colours against the blur of the background ...
very exciting
is it on a live branch or a dead one on the ground ?
whichever, well found!

Great photo! Bright and beautiful colors and nice DOF ;o)

Just funny story about making this photo. I was walking with my dog in a forest (of course I took my cam with me) and Ash (my dog) found heap of wooden sticks. There were this mushroom on one of these sticks and of course Ash wanted to have exactly this stick. So with one hand I was holding the stick, with another the cam and with my leg I was trying to keep my dog away (he thought it's a game and tried to catch the stick) when I made this shot;) It was quite a job especially cause I used manual mode (including manual focus)

you do stunning work under duress ...
or perhaps Ash inspires the best in you ??
:-))

LOL
Ash can inspire the best in everyone. Btw, Ash is a big black doberman :)

I shared my life with a black Doberman once, her name was Kif.
She was the gentlest dog, except ...
she didn't like men wearing hats.
She would fang them like a snake, just the two upper jaw canines.
Never used her bottom jaw, never broke the skin,
almost always left 2 red teeth marks,
just like a giant snake.
:-))))
She was such a beautiful dog

great framing, layers, light & dof

Very cool :) The splash of green makes for some nice contrasting colours :)

Aahh... wunder-wunerschön der kleine Kerl. Super Kontrast, sehr scharf, schön beleuchtet, perfekt in der Bildmitte - gefällt mir sehr.
Der würde übrigens perfekt in meine Waldgruppe Im Wald - At forest passen, dort gibt es übrigens auch ein Pilz-Sammelkörbchen ;-)

With the focus on the mushroom you get good depth of field.

every time I view this I like it all over again
but,
I now get a strange urge to yell at my screen ....
"Give poor Ash the bloody stick!"
lol

you gonna be kidding:) I'll upload Ash's photo and you'll start to think different LOL

I love this one, it's a great shot ... and love it more as I've read the story that goes with it :D

Gorgeously done!!

I like this one, great!!

Great shot!

sehr schönes foto. gruß willy

I am drawn back to this image
and every time it is so good
I wish I had taken it
:)