Bear's-head Tooth Mushroom backlit close-up.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This was my first time seeing one of these. At first I photographed it with the sun to my back, but when I went around it to see other compositional options I saw how the sunlight glowed through this impressive specimen. "Glowing close-ups!!" was my immediate thought, and I then spent a good while getting down and dirty for the best views I could get. Some of the yellows are slightly clipped at their brightest, but I thought it looked best leaving them there, but if others have other options/recommendations go right ahead!

Canon 40D + Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 lens @40mm + 36mm ext. tube, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/100s., f/16, ISO 800, -1 EC, natural light, handheld, full frame. A couple of pieces of debris cloned/patched out.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel;

Very abstract, I doubt many would be able to guess the subject here. Good choice on backlighting, much more interesting.
I might consider lowering the luminosity of the upper band from the left edge to mid frame a little, but thats it.

Always fun to try a different subject!

Cheers

Randy

[Cheryle Sytsma]

Lovely! Ethereal...
I do enjoy this composition and colors...

[Art Kornienko]

Nice abstract type shot and yes probably would be hard to determine the subject, but shapes and colours put it over the top. Maybe some CCW rotation.

[Allen Sparks]

Wow - this is cool! Great abstract feel as others have mentioned. My eye is drawn to the bright spot in left center...that is not necessarily a bad thing but if that is not what you want you may try toning that spot down some.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Daniel,
Very cool abstract!!! Love the backlight but agree with suggestions above on toning down some areas and perhaps lightening others.......but minor tweaks to a very strong abstract!:cheers:

[Ken Childs]

I love this backlighting but I think that if the upper middle area could be toned down just a bit, it would make this cool shot even cooler. :)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Interesting image, I would have been tempted to lower the highlights a little.