Hericium erinaceus

The mushroom version of stalactites. Any comments are very much

appreciated.

Beautiful!

The formations with the light behind them create a fantasy, dream like forest that is most captivating!

Very well done!

Alf

Cheers

PDE

You not only provided a visual treat, but also you gave me the opportunity to learn about the subject.  Apparently, it has medicinal properties which maybe of benefit to me.

Yet I don't see the subject of this image as simply a mushroom colony.  To me, thinking of the film "Avatar," it displays the landscape on a part of a world we have yet to discover.  Starting the lower right corner, my visual journey in the upper left, I find that the differences in both color and tonality have aided me on a visual journey, starting in the lower right corner, proceeding through the middle, and ending in the upper left corner.  A fascinating journey it has been.

Excellent work . . .

michael

Thanks for the feedback, Tony, Alf, Pierre, and Michael! And Michael, I'm absolutely delighted if the photo turns out to have actually been useful! And Michael and Alf, I love your comments on the landscape aspect here--the first images I took were simply to document the fungus, then as I moved in closer I started seeing landscapes in the forms. I spent the next 20 minutes (and a bit of post-processing, though nothing major) trying to turn it into as much of a landscape as I could, and I'm delighted that the impression came through--thanks!