Words and Pixels: Sunday

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Irises are tricky. I like light through petals.

peony

I'm sure someone will tell me what these mushrooms are called.

Regina said...: I just love your photos, Ann. And I am so curious as I have never seen those kind of mushrooms before.; June 2, 2013 at 8:52 PM
Natalie Aguirre said...: Lovely pictures. I wish both of these would bloom all summer.; June 3, 2013 at 6:29 AM
Ann Finkelstein said...: Thanks, Natalie and Gina. I was going to use a mushroom close-up as a mystery photo, but no matter how I cropped the pic, it looked fungal.; June 3, 2013 at 6:44 AM
TimInMich said...: Dead man's fingers, Xylaria polymorpha. A couple of good fungus sites are RogersMushrooms.com and MushroomExpert.com.
This is so weird! The only reason I know this is because a friend just came across them we figured them out.
The flowers are lovely; the color on the peony looks super-saturated. Did you do anything different on that photo?; June 11, 2013 at 7:12 PM
Ann Finkelstein said...: Thanks, Tim. Dead man's fingers! I have some other weird fungi growing on a woodpile. I'll have to look them up. That peony is a very rich pink. Sometimes when I photograph red or dark pink flowers the colors are off, but that time I was lucky. I didn't modify the photo, although I can't remember if I switched the white balance from shade to sun when I started photographing in the front yard.; June 11, 2013 at 7:23 PM