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Challenge: Macro Without Bugs or Flowers III (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Home, Washington, USA
Date: Nov 25, 2009
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/202
Galleries: Nature, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2009

What is probably an immature Amanita phalloides (or "Death Cap") mushroom, showing the fringes of the characteristic "veil" around the margins of the cap.

Technically, since this is a fungus, this is a "fruiting body" and not a flower.

-Handheld, Super-Macro mode
-RGB Curve
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-Resize
-Crop a little from left and right
-USM at 12%/48 dia.TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5 (applied four times)
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 10/10 = 251KB

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/06/2009 06:20:26 PM
Good take. Like the detail in the stem.
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12/05/2009 05:53:17 PM
nice speciment if you could have changed angle to remove the shadow on cap and gotten an even less focused background... the white area in the upper right corner is distracting
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12/04/2009 10:38:42 PM
Love the contrast between the slick wet top and the rough stem.
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12/03/2009 09:28:21 PM
IMO what you have for focus on the base of this should be on the top of the mushroom and what is the funny outline?
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12/02/2009 02:18:02 PM
nice capture and clear subject
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