Tuesday, July 19, 2011

mushrooms

After almost no rain for weeks and weeks, we've finally been getting plenty of rain. It's rained just about every day for the past week. This means we've had lots of mushrooms pop up in the yard. So I decided to get down real low and close to capture a few pics.

The rain also means we've had fire ant nests pop up in the yard a lot. This is a bummer because they bit me a couple of times while I was trying to get the mushroom shots. But at least I found something new to photograph...

before


after adding the aurora texture and I think I added stained linen too


another before


after adding granny's cupboard (my all time favorite texture)





35 comments:

  1. Lovely low angle shots! Those mushrooms are so cute, and the texture work is lovely. We always get plenty of rain here in Scotland, snif.
    Thanks so much for your visit and email, I just replied to it :)
    Ciao!

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  2. Great mushroom shot. The texture makes them look a little more magical. Hope the ants don't bother you again.

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  3. Great shots of mushrooms and I love what you did with them. I'm going to have to try harder with what I do. Lol. Hope those ants don't bother you too much.

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  4. they look great! i love mushrooms.. they make such a unique photo...
    I stepped into a nest once, when i first moved to texas had no idea they existed until that moment, bites all over my legs. You can bet I never did that again!

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  5. Very nice pictures. If you like, join us on *PicStory*. You are warmly invited! :) LG Tina

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  6. Wow, cute little mushrooms. I love mushrooms.

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  7. Lovely, great use of texture.

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  8. Love the mushroom shots. We have them here and our dog likes to eat the tops off.

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  9. So simple, but naturally lovely. Love your subtle editing, Deb. :)

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  10. We've had our fair share of fire ants for some reason this summer, what a pain! Love the textures!!

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  11. Wow...who would of thought of a beautiful mushroom?

    Great job Debra!

    Glad you didn't get bit.

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  12. Beautiful work! thank you for visiting my blog :)

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  13. Love them! the textures add so much!

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  14. I really love what the texture does for both shots. Great work.

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  15. These are great and the texture is perfect for these!

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  16. Great shots! Love the down low perspective!

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  17. I love mushrooms anad these photos!

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  18. love how you made mushrooms so interesting

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  19. love how you made mushrooms so interesting

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  20. I went out and took pictures of the mushrooms too! That's funny! And yes the ants are everywhere, horrible.

    I love the textures, they are beautiful.

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  21. Your photo is absolutely beautiful :) Hugs from Anette :)

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  22. I never thought of mushrooms as a photo subject, but your shots are great and the textures make them works of art. Nice!

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  23. Hi Deb! Nice to hear from you. I recently used aurora also and loved the outcome.Enjoy your day.

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  24. The texture work really adds interest to the photos. Nice work:)

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  25. There's a fungus amungus! Sorry, couldn't resist! These look stunning!

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  26. So pretty, sorry about the ants:)

    Tiffany

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  27. Gorgeous! I feel like Alice in Wonderland or a fairy with those textures! Great work!

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  28. i've got those little suckers all over my yard and today I even found one in one of my planters -
    they kinda gross me out - the way they feel -
    silly I know.

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  29. ooh I love these with the texture--makes them look kinda magical!

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  30. Oh, aren't these cool? I've always loved mushrooms, but you've made them look so pretty here. :)

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  31. looks great. I've never worked with textures - I should try.

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  32. Love the perspective, and the processing just takes them to a whole other level!

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