Interesting walk with my E-M5

[Guest]

Found this "Chicken of the Woods" lurking in the forest last Sunday. !2-50 lens at 33mm handheld. (see my gallery image...sorry it doesn't seem to want to post here...must be shy!)

[Jim Ford]

Re: Interesting walk with my E-M5

Here it is!



Jim

[PeterBirder]

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Smashing shot, thanks for sharing.

ISO 1250. What a great piece of kit the EM-5 is.

Regards.

[Graptolite]

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What a cracking photo. Wonderful colours.
Have you ever eaten it? I've never seen one but often wondered if they're as tasty as the name suggests?

[Zuiko]

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Surely it's too beautiful to eat -this one in particular is a marvellous specimen.

[Alpha1]

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Thanks Jim, I must have misplaced some syntax somewhere!

[Chevvyf1]

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WoW ! That is a crackin shot amazing

[Greytop]

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Nicely framed with the ivy, lovely colouring, super shot.

[ayewing]

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Splendid colours and nicely composed. Did you need to use any flash?

[Wee man]

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Lovely shot great specimen

[Alpha1]

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Hi Archie, no I didn't use any flash and it was raining, so the light wasn't good. Auto ISO, EVF and Ibis saved the shot in my opinion! The rain and dull light enhanced the colours for me.

Interestingly, I was still evaluating the E-M5 against my Fuji XPro1. Settings were pretty similar but auto ISO on the XP1 gave me a 1/12 sec shutter speed at ISO 400 and with no Ibis, yep it just gave me a soft image!! As it was raining I didn't hang around with the Fuji for another go as neither the camera or the lens is weatherproof!

A big problem with the Fuji XP1 is the inability to set a minimum shutter speed when using auto ISO. The 1/60th sec shutter speed selected by the Oly was perfect with Ibis!

You guessed it, the E-M5 is a definite keeper!

[dko22]

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This is Chicken in the Woods taken on the banks of the Isar in Munich seen by many but not picked. The original on this thread doesn't look like CITW unless the E-M5 was doing something very strange to the colours (ie using flash or something but the OP didn't do this) or this is a variant I can't see from the books as it's always shown as bright yellow. As I can't find any close match, I guess it's possible! When young, it is very tasty and actually does taste like a slightly lemony chicken. This was a month ago and just beginning to turn a little bitter but still OK. If it's old and rubbery like the only ones I've so far seen in Scotland, then you can leave it. Perfectly safe to taste a little bit first though to see if worth collecting (it's really unmistakable when you see it!)

David

[Alpha1]

Re: Interesting walk with my E-M5

This is Chicken in the Woods taken on the banks of the Isar in Munich seen by many but not picked. The original on this thread doesn't look like CITW unless the E-M5 was doing something very strange to the colours (ie using flash or something but the OP didn't do this) or this is a variant I can't see from the books as it's always shown as bright yellow. As I can't find any close match, I guess it's possible! When young, it is very tasty and actually does taste like a slightly lemony chicken. This was a month ago and just beginning to turn a little bitter but still OK. If it's old and rubbery like the only ones I've so far seen in Scotland, then you can leave it. Perfectly safe to taste a little bit first though to see if worth collecting (it's really unmistakable when you see it!)

David

David,
I suggest that you look up this particular fungus on the web, http://www.mushroom-appreciation.com...the-woods.html Just did a google search and found several images of this genre of fungus,(Laetiporus sulphureus) some of which looked like your sample and some were more of the colouring of my own image.

I do agree that the dull and relatively wet conditions does tend to enhance colours, which is why I try to take close up's of flowers in dull light!

[Chevvyf1]

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This is interesting as I recall Dave posting an orangey - yellow - cream version a little while ago
Nice shot, crisp detail

[Graptolite]

Re: Interesting walk with my E-M5

This is Chicken in the Woods taken on the banks of the Isar in Munich seen by many but not picked. The original on this thread doesn't look like CITW unless the E-M5 was doing something very strange to the colours (ie using flash or something but the OP didn't do this) or this is a variant I can't see from the books as it's always shown as bright yellow. As I can't find any close match, I guess it's possible! When young, it is very tasty and actually does taste like a slightly lemony chicken. This was a month ago and just beginning to turn a little bitter but still OK. If it's old and rubbery like the only ones I've so far seen in Scotland, then you can leave it. Perfectly safe to taste a little bit first though to see if worth collecting (it's really unmistakable when you see it!)

I think this illustrates a very good point - that the same species of fungus can appear very different depending on a number of variables - eg. what age the specimen is, whether or not it's dry or damp, damage from slugs/insects animals. Just google for images of CITW to see what I mean! Although it can be notoriously difficult to ID fungii from photos, I'm pretty sure that the OP's identification is correct.

IMHO, by far and away the best book for ID is Roger Phillips 'Mushrooms', unavailable for a number of years, but recently reprinted and available from Amazon. (There is also an excellent Roger Phillips online guide at http://www.rogersmushrooms.com )
But if in doubt, don't eat it. Do what I do instead - give some to the wife to try first!