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Mushrooms & Toadstools

Challenge #191 in the Life in the Natural World series. Hosted by RuthC.

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Show us the beauty and and unusual details in mushrooms, toadstools or other fungi in their natural environment. (No mushrooms sliced and diced ready for a Stir Fry or Mushroom Sauce.) Insects or other small creatures may be present in your entry but must not dominate the picture. Macro and close-up shots welcome. Make sure your entry is 1,600px MAXIMUM on its longer side. DPR does NOT resize your photos for you. You need to do this yourself BEFORE you enter a challenge. Entrants with oversize photos will not be invited to re-submit them. Get the size right the first time!

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Announced:

Saturday, 27th February, 2016 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 5th March, 2016 – Friday, 11th March, 2016 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 12th March, 2016 – Friday, 18th March, 2016 (GMT)

Processing rules:

SIZE: Longer side of entry, MAXIMUM 1600 pixels
FULL COLOUR only. No black and white, sepia tones or de-saturation in your entry.
NO glaringly obvious HDR or extreme post-processing.
TITLE: Give your entry a title or name, not just a file number.
NO personal watermarks, forms of identification, or personal website reference.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

No photos which have won previous DPR challenges, please.
Photos which have been entered in multiple challenges may be disqualified.
Two (2) entries per person allowed, but each entry should be a different subject.
PLEASE vote on other entries, to counteract the sandbaggers.
ENTRIES BY MEMBERS WHO CHOOSE NOT TO VOTE IN CHALLENGES WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
Entrants who cheat by sandbagging, vote manipulation, vote solicitation or with multiple DPR accounts will be banned from my challenges.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Beauty and the posion

by ursamajorRO

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Camera:	FujiFilm FinePix S6000fd (FinePix S6500fd)
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Submitted:	Tuesday, 8th March, 2016 14:18 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 21st May, 2011
Focal length:	35 mm
Shutter speed:	1/100 sec
Aperture:	F4
ISO:	200
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Views:	590
Galleries:	View this photo in ursamajorRO's gallery

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Total comments: 4

Thanks, you all!

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Excellent photograph!

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Great shot ! Why can't I ever find a shoot like this ???

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Congratulations, ursamajorRO, on achieving first place in this 'Mushrooms & Toadstools' challenge, with your beautiful capture of this Amanita muscari mushroom. This picture 'sparkles' with colour, vibrancy, and appeal, not only to the technically-minded photographers, but also to ordinary folks out there who will smile at this whimsical image. A real beauty!
Ruth :-)

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Total comments: 4

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