Stemward Bound
by glad2badad

Comment by Apee:
wow... what a nice illusion... mushroom i guess... best shot at this state on this challenge. 8

Stemward Bound
by glad2badad

Comment by SherwinJames:
This still shot looks so alive. Great composition and lighting to bring out the marvelous texture. Very well done!

Beyond the reach of education.
by glad2badad

Comment by glad2badad:

Originally posted by nova: Good eye Barry to see that spider! I don't think I would have myself. Wonder if you could isolate the area of the spider and bump the red channel way up to good effect... Cool shot btw :o)

Thanks Ray. Being a basic editing challenge I was a little limited. I did mess with color saturation some to try and get more emphasis on the spider but there is a fair amount of red (and yellow) already present in other areas (top left). When bumped those other areas became distracting and competed with the theme of the image. I almost kind of like the mystery it adds. ;^)

Beyond the reach of education.
by glad2badad

Comment by nova:
Good eye Barry to see that spider! I don't think I would have myself. Wonder if you could isolate the area of the spider and bump the red channel way up to good effect... Cool shot btw :o)

Beyond the reach of education.
by glad2badad

Comment by timfythetoo:
I dont think I would have caught the spider there without you mentioning it, but now that I see him he really helps make the pic. Good capture.

Stemward Bound
by glad2badad

Comment by chele:
great idea for the challenge. love the tones.

Stemward Bound
by glad2badad

Comment by piaffe529:
Cool macro. Reminds me of something you would see under a microscope.

Stemward Bound
by glad2badad

Comment by KarenNfld:
Fantastic!! My favourite.

Stemward Bound
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Comment by dallasdux:
Great Shroom shot! The lines pull us in to the stem very well.

Stemward Bound
by glad2badad

Comment by baco99:
great mushroom macro! very curious shot with an interesting snse of movement.