Jackson, OH

I recently visited my daughter, Carrie, and her family at the cabin in Jackson.  I have shown pictures of it in previous blogs.  Try October of previous years.  I arrived on Friday and saw the newly dug pond.

Newly Dug Pond

It should add to the beauty of the sunrise directly behind it.  It should be 20 feet deep at the deepest and should take a year to fill.

Reed, Caleb and Evie

The cousins, Lucas and Loudon, did not arrive until later so Reed, Caleb and Evie made hammers from the scraps of wood lying around.  They had a lot of fun.

Loudon, Andrew, Lucas, Caleb and Evie

If you know Andrew, you know that he does not enjoy having his picture taken.

The Amish donuts are a special treat on Saturday morning.  It was all I could do to resist.  I probably should have had one.

Caleb, Evie, and Loudon

Every one got to wear Evie's hat.

The big addition this year was running water.  Note the temporary kitchen sink in the background.

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Crooked Limb

Crooked Limb

This limb has captured my imagination for years.  It has fallen to the ground and I have just discovered it this fall.  I photographed it in the early morning light.  I liked the rim type of lighting on the other end.

Crooked Limb

The sun moved on but I was not yet finished with the limb.  I decided to see what I could accomplish with flash.  I discovered that the flash slave system with my camera and flash would not work unless line of sight was open.  I decided to place the flashes in view of the camera and clone them out later.  The flash lighting was much more subtle.  One flash was placed at the base of the tree and other was placed by the small rock just behind the splintered limb in the lower right.  If you look for a moment, you will see the light on the underside of the limb.  I thought this limb looked a little like a sea serpent with the head near the tree.

 

Crooked Limb on the Tree in late January, 2005

I have not seen such a crooked limb before.  I think that photographing it on the ground has more potential. 

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Earthball Puffball

Earthball Puffball

I found this one growing on a log the other morning.  The sun was behind it and I decided on lighting the front with a Canon 420EX with a Stoffen Diffuser.  I used Camranger step small, f/2.8.  With the step small I had nearly 400 captures for the focus stack.  If I had this to do over, and I may, I would shoot it using step medium and leave everything the same.  The nearly 400 captures took a long time.  The sun continued to rise and I had to sit between the sun and the puffball to block the changing light.

The image has a weird look.  It looks sharp up close but it looks like it is a little out of phase.  Maybe I moved the log slightly when I sat on it.  No, I didn't though, because there was a break between them.  It didn't move much. 

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Fringed Crumblecap Mushroom

Fringed Crumblecap Mushroom

This mushroom, about the size of the Deer Mushroom, is growing on a log, not pine.

The light was from about 10 o'clock or maybe 10:30.  I wished for a little more light on the stem and decided the shoot it with flash.

Fringed Crumblecap Mushroom

I got the light on the stem but also got "hot spots".  I think now that a different location for the flash would have helped.  I did not like the harsh shadows, either. The background was too close.  It was not movable.  Maybe I could have used a different camera angle.  I should have thought about it more.  I really need to go back and reshoot this.

Camera Setup for Fringed Crumblecap Mushroom

I wish I had tried to place the flash to the right of the lens.  These are both focus stack captures.  I should have made more exposures with the flash to refine my lighting before shooting the focus stack.  The CamRanger will not display the capture because it cannot parse the raw files I save.  I should probably try shooting "raw" and "jpg." to see if it would display them then.  I just can't get down to look at the camera display.

I wanted to have a sample available for ID so I brought these home.  I have since returned them.  I was surprised to note how the mushrooms changed from the time I picked them and the time of arrival here, maybe at most an hour.

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Deer Mushroom

Deer Mushroom

This one is growing inside a log.  I wish, now, that I had covered the split in the log.  It would have removed what I think is a distraction.  This is a 28 image focus stack using step medium on the CamRanger.

Measuring the Deer Mushroom

This mushroom is not large.  It is only 3/4" high.  The cap is .62" in diameter.  The stem is .09" in diameter.

Deer Mushroom Setup

My preferred method was to light it with flash.  I used one Canon 420EX slave flash with a Stoffen Diffuser mounted.

Deer Mushroom Setup

Deer Mushroom Setup

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Angel Wings Mushroom

Angel Wings Mushroom

I found this mushroom in the pine woods by an old log.  I thought it something new to me.  I decided that we needed a side view.

Angel Wings Mushroom

These can grow on the ground or a log.  The book says they are edible but I would rather look.

Angel Wings Mushroom

I thought it might be interesting to see the underside more clearly.  Notice how the gills run down the stem and the hollowness of the stem.

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Some Parts of an Amanita Mushroom

The McKnights have an interesting diagram on page 6 showing the stages of growth of the Aminita mushrooms.

Growth Stages of a gill mushroom, such as an Amanita

I have not photographed all these stages but have a few on "film".

Fly Agaric Mushroom

This shot shows the "partial veil" still intact inside.  

Fly Agaric Mushroom

In this shot the "partial veil" is rent showing the gills.

Referring back to my first photograph which shows the top of the cap, the light colored material is the "universal veil" which is torn into small segments as the cap expands.

Volva or bottom part of Universal Veil

The size of the original egg may be about the size of the "Volva".

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