I entered the BIOSOC photo contest so I could get some of my photos displayed in the biology atrium at my university.
There were several contest categories including "Animals," "Plants" and "Other."
I entered some obligatory kea photos and one of a blue mushroom known as Entoloma hochstetteri.
I was thrilled to find this specimen near Fox Glacier.
To set the stage for the trouble I went through to get the picture,Nick's sons were running around the trail screaming, Nick was getting irritated at my taking so long to photograph a lowly mushroom and my pants got soaked while I tried to get on eye level with it.
Because there was low light, getting a clear shot without a tripod was a painful process.
On a side note, this is why I didn't join my university's hiking club-I didn't want to hold everyone up while I hovered over some small plant trying to get the prefect shot.
Anyway, here's my picture:
There were several contest categories including "Animals," "Plants" and "Other."
I entered some obligatory kea photos and one of a blue mushroom known as Entoloma hochstetteri.
I was thrilled to find this specimen near Fox Glacier.
To set the stage for the trouble I went through to get the picture,Nick's sons were running around the trail screaming, Nick was getting irritated at my taking so long to photograph a lowly mushroom and my pants got soaked while I tried to get on eye level with it.
Because there was low light, getting a clear shot without a tripod was a painful process.
On a side note, this is why I didn't join my university's hiking club-I didn't want to hold everyone up while I hovered over some small plant trying to get the prefect shot.
Anyway, here's my picture:
Today I found out my picture won a prize in the "other" category.
I stood no chance of beating the excellent work in the other categories but thankfully, a fungus is neither a plant or animal so I won in the weird, not likely to be entered class.
Hurrah!
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