Spring pictures

[MJBo]

Some of my favorites from last year. Howdy everyone. New to the forum.

[floating minnow]

Good Job! Those are really nice.

[Steve Foss]

Those are beautiful environmental portraits. I especially like the lighting on the first image of mushrooms, and the forest background is detailed enough to show the setting. Nice job.

[jonny_redhorse]

Wonderful images MJBo!....finally the mushrooms are getting some recognition...lol! ....I,ve posted some fungi on the forum myself last summer..some I found very colorful and photogenic...and there's a never ending opportunity just laying out there to be photographed...your first photo resembles a "fairy helmut" and the next looks like a "crown coral"..the orangesh looking shroom could be alot of things...kinda looks like a false chantrelle"but then again".....welcome to the forum MJBo...will be looking forward to more of those images......jonny

[MJBo]

Thanks everyone. I've been a lurker on this forum admiring all of everyones work for a while. Photobucket shrunk these quite a bit but I'm looking forward to posting alot more and think I'll learn alot here.

[Steve Foss]

MJBo, we'll look forward to more good work.

If you use a late version of phtoshop (cs or cs2), you can just size your horizontals to 600 pixels across and your verticals to 400 pixels across and select "save for Web," and select 80% jpeg when you get to that box. This compresses them very nicely for the Web without making them too small to really see well, but helps FM immensely by keeping bandwidth down. If you don't have a save for Web feature on your post processing software, you can still save jpegs to those dimensions before uploading to photobucket, and at those sizes photobucket won't automatically resize them smaller. Either 72 or 80 dpi is plenty of resolution, because almost all commercially available computer monitors only resolve to 72 dpi.

[MJBo]

That works well. Thanks!

[Redstormy]

These are awesome shots, I especially love the first

one with all the colors. Nice snake too yikes.. women

don't like snakes like you guys do but it's a good shot

none-the-less *grin

Red

[Steve Foss]

And it's gettin' to be morel time in central Minnesota, too. Mmmmm, goood.

On the recipes board on FM, there's one posted from me (can't remember the thread, but a search could be done) using fresh morels sauteed in unsalted butter and drizzled over fresh broiled lake trout. Mmmmm, goood II.

[jonny_redhorse]

Nice color MJBo!......especially like the shot of the morel....and the deep green of the plants in the foreground....not sure what type or species the first image is but the snail sure seems to like em.....very nice images!......jonny

[jonny_redhorse]

Just thought I'd share a few "fungi" shots since MJBo is on the subject and certainly got me going again (not many people seem to photograph mushrooms and the macro shots of them and is great to see the postings )...here's a few of my favorites from last summer(fall)...jonny

[Steve Foss]

Great work, Mr. Redhorse. I too love fungi, and have a fair number of images in that category from the BWCAW and nearby woods. You can do a lot with mood and drama with mushrooms and such, especially because so many species occur in shaded areas, where shadow and light can create dramatic moods.

[MJBo]

WOW! Those are fantastic! Especialy the first, what a shot.

[Redstormy]

jonny wow awesome shots!!

[floating minnow]

Outstanding jonny,the colors are stunning!

[jonny_redhorse]

thanks everyone..soon the woods and fields will be green again and the search will start ,a new season is almost upon us.....jonny