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Stemonitis sp_2014-07-01-150912 ZS PMax_14531373586_o More slime mold action from the this case a miniforest of
Stemonitis sp_2014-07-01-150912 ZS PMax_14531373586_o More slime mold action from the this case a miniforest of Stemonitis sporangia corn dogs emerging from a rotting log after some good all day rain action. What if we just did a 3D print of these bad boys and made them 100 feet tall and put them in the middle of the Hudson? Or perhaps a Macy's Day ballon parade, just to elevate slime molds to more public consciousness. Collected by the Adirondacks Susan Hopkins for the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory for that mountain range. Photos by Dejen Mengis. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~ All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish. Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, , ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 Further in Summer than the Birds Pathetic from the Grass A minor Nation celebrates Its unobtrusive Mass. No Ordinance be seen So gradual the Grace A pensive Custom it becomes Enlarging Loneliness. Antiquest felt at Noon When August burning low Arise this spectral Canticle Repose to typify Remit as yet no Grace No Furrow on the Glow Yet a Druidic Difference Enhances Nature now -- Emily Dickinson Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Basic USGSBIML set up: ( ) USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. ( ) PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: Google Hangout Demonstration of Technique
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