Shots of the Day – # 40 - More Mushrooms and Happy Anniversary

In 2017, I posted a ‘Shot of the Day’ with pictures of mushrooms I had taken in the woods behind our home. I recently had the good fortune to have some of the images used in a Nieman Storyboard article on the amazing relationship that forest trees have with each other using underground fungus as the conveyor of chemical ‘communication.’

Bracket Fungus and Moss (5 October 2006)

I have encouraged picture-takers to broaden their perspectives when they look for things to photograph. Previous posts, “Look Behind You”, “Look Up” and “Look Down” all direct one’s attention toward intriguing compositions to capture. If there is another recommendation, which actually applies to any viewpoint, it would be “Get Closer.”

Often, I believe the most interesting aspect or portion of a scene should be the entire subject of the picture. If there is a whole field of things, find a better, more intimate grouping of them. Here are a few more fungus portraits from that fine day in the woods.

Tangled Parasols (5 October 2006)

Puff Balls and Oak Leaves (5 October 2006)

When Images and More began, I never imagined it would continue this long. In 2006, after I visited our former New Orleans home a year after Hurricane Katrina, I was compelled to post a lengthy illustrated critique regarding the storm. Five years passed before the second post appeared. On March 10, 2011, the blog was re-introduced. Now it’s ten years later and I’m surprised and delighted that the count will soon hit 300 entries.

Thank you for visiting and commenting. Hopefully, the coming years will continue to provide inspiration and images…in either order.