Bioluminescent Mushrooms

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The first photo isn't technically a macro, but I love how the RF 50mm F/1.8 performed at catching detail in such low-light conditions - the only light sources were the moon above the tree canopy, and the ghost mushrooms themselves! This was my first time taking my Sigma 70-300mm Macro lens out and using it in anger, and I'm hooked! I can't wait to find more tiny things to photograph.
 
Wow, so cool. Makes me wish we had them here. It would be like walking through the forest in Avatar.
 
Paul Iddon said:
Very interesting - I thought these only grew in Brazil?

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I actually know very little about them, and was lucky enough to have a local friend in the mushroom community tell me about them and act as my guide! So I've only just looked it up, and from what I can tell Omphalotus nidiformis is mostly found in Southern Australia - weird! I was also under the impression they were in South America, but perhaps that's a different species?
jcass said:
Wow, so cool. Makes me wish we had them here. It would be like walking through the forest in Avatar.
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Thankyou! It was incredible; even with the moon out, you could clearly see the glow with the naked eye! We spent a lot of time laying on the cold ground just staring at them before I even got the camera out :ROFLMAO:
 
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The first photo isn't technically a macro, but I love how the RF 50mm F/1.8 performed at catching detail in such low-light conditions - the only light sources were the moon above the tree canopy, and the ghost mushrooms themselves! This was my first time taking my Sigma 70-300mm Macro lens out and using it in anger, and I'm hooked! I can't wait to find more tiny things to photograph.
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Cool stuff - never thought to go to my local fungi hangouts at night. Slippery down there. The 1.8 looks great. I still use my EF 50 mm with the converter. I'm still trying to adjust to seeing forum photos shot at ISO 40000...
 

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