Stansted Forest Fungi (+ PiPs)

Perfect fungi portraits, you caught fantastic detail in all three! I would have known only the 1st PiP, I can only tell that I wouldn't want to eat any of them though I think the puffballs are edible when very young.

Thank you Gudrun..........I'm pleased you like these so much. Fungi are really difficult to ID as they change their looks as they grow. Personally I wouldn't eat any fungi I found in the wild.

Crawling around certainly paid off with these superb pictures Keith. Your main shot is of a toadstool type that I see the most of, and it's beautifully taken. I have seen a few puffballs and your picture in PiP is excellent in detail and colour, but your 2nd PiP is absolutely superb! I can see how it got the name! I love the dark background and the light on its underneath parts. The wood (?) that it's on is beautifully shown with colours and textures.

Have a great new week and I look forward to seeing more fungi.

I paid for the crawling around when I tried to get out of bed this morning Rosa :-)). It was worth it though!

I'm really pleased you like these..........I got quite a few shots I was pleased with, so more to come yet. We cheated a bit with the second PiP, the mushroom was growing on a dead branch, so we lifted it up and balanced it on a fence post to save having to get on our knees :-)

Have a good week yourself. and thanks for your lovely comments.

You made a great picture of it Keith.
I hope the knees don't suffer too much!

My knees are much better today thanks.

Beautiful series; like the second PiP most of all !!
Peaceful week ahead.

Thank you Jaap............have a good week yourself.

Wow lieber Keith,da weiß man als Fotograf,dass man vom Herumkrabbeln alles richtig gemacht hat,wenn dann solche Ergebnisse am Bildschirm auftauchen,mit herrlichen Details zeigst du diese Pilze,ich mag alle 3 Aufnahmen lieber Keith,Pip1 gefällt mir sehr gut mit den Strukturen oben,hervorragende Aufnahmen,großes Lob lieber Keith :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))

Thank you so much Güni...........as I just said to Rosa (above), I paid for the crawling around when I tried to get out of bed this morning :-))). I have some more fungi shots to post yet.

Oh,das ist nicht so fein liebe Keith,das ist bei mir auch so,meine Knie und mein Kreuz sind leider auch nicht mehr so fit und das spürt man dann bei solchen Bewegungen,wenn man beim Fotografieren in den tiefen Positionen ist,ich hoffe,es geht aber so halbwegs und freu mich schon auf die Aufnahmen lieber Keith :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Abend,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))

My knees feel much better today Güni.............it's all part of the joys of getting old :-))

Superb images, Keith!!

Thank you very much Judite.

Such amazing and beautiful fungi.

Thank you Ronald. My friend and I were very lucky to find a great location this year.

A stunning series of amazing fungi Keith, must say the second pip is my favourite but the others run it very close, terrific photography!

Cheers Roger....................I'm pleased you like these. You're very kind as always!

Love specially the first PIP, makes me thing of a kind of sea urchin…

Thanks Isabel. The one in the first PiP does look a bit like sea urchin: www.ipernity.com/doc/keithburton/49553224

die pip2 hoort wat mij betreft bij de top fotografie van zwammen

Such a lovely comment Fred..........thank you.

2nd Pip is beautifully photographed

Thank you very much Colin.

Die Pilze hast du wunderbar aufgenommen, Keith! Sie gefallen mir alle, aber mein Favorit ist das zweite PiP.