“Intricate”
Rough Ridge detail, BRP, NC
A couple of delicate wild mushrooms grow vertically up the side of a tree clinging to the moss. Yes that green stuff is moss. These mushrooms are really really tiny. After some research on varieties of mushrooms I am pretty sure these are either deadly poisonous or have incredible psychotropic properties.
Tommy and I passed by them a couple of times on our hike up to the incredible outlook. On one of the trips after getting back to the car. I decided to go back up with the macro lens and capture these guys growing against the tree.
The angles were tricky and the base of the tree prevented me from getting as close to the mushrooms as possible. Luckily I can crop pretty freely with the D800’s massive file sizes. Anyway while I fiddled with the tripod and the manual lens Tommy stood blocking the sun. I had my very own talking light stand/diffusor. After lots of finagling I finally got a few shots that I liked and we headed back down.
Two days later we were back here during our workshop headed to the top of the ridge.
