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Looks to me they could be inkcaps. Some varieties are edible and pretty tasty but they come with a nice twist...
See, inkcaps contain antabus. that means you really really don't want to take that dish with a glass of wine :D :D

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I thought it was Agaricus bisporus. when do this voting ends?

I think it's time to close it soon.

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Huh?
We have a record amount of twentytwo runners and there is a prize for the first time.
Voting is 3 days and we started late.
Lets at least give every participant the chance to vote!
I would be fine with closing tomorrow evening and have a clean cut for the month.
But since i plan to be extremely drunk tomorrow evening, someone else would have to do. If not, i will do sometime on Tuesday :p

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My vote goes to... #19 juiceme

(Those were the days when my Jolla also took "acceptable" pictures. Now it's joined the crowds of fuzzy rubbish like everyone else. I may try cleaning the protective layer off the lens as soon as I get some time.)

@mosen, your link gives me 404 Nicht gefunden.

@all, sorry no entry from me this month. I had some ideas but had to give up on my main phone for the reasons mentioned above. I took some with my daughter's old Android 2.2 Samsung which came out perfect but we set off on holiday soon after that and posting became difficult. Maybe as a bonus when we come back.

@all #2, so no one can identify my mysterious insect? Pity.

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There is a saying (Hungary I think), all mushrooms are edible, some only once...

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Oh, ok. Thought we should close it before next month. But yeah, extreamly drunk is an excellent reason for postponing the deadline. :D

Close it when every you are ready(sober)

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My vote goes to... #19 juiceme

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My vote to #10

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My vote goes to #18. Macros.
As for the mushroom, i tought it was a Psilocybe_cubensisBut unfortunately they ended up growing to much... :D

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I gotta choose one, so I vote for #22 danpio. Bonus achievement points for danpio and ste-phan for the extra difficulty involved in their closeups of live animals.

And wow, 22 entries this month! Thanks to everyone for sharing.

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Excellent pictures all this month, if I may say. Very difficult to choose one favorit... So I'll do it little later... There is still about three hours to vote...

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#1 claustn. So clean.

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I'm only an amateur entomologist, and I only really know anything about identifying bugs that have some significant relationship to my lawn and garden. I have grown tomatoes before, and it looks like that caterpillar has the curled-up leaf camouflage of a "horntail" -- a true tomato connoisseur. However, I don't see the characteristic (and eponymous) member on the creature the photo, so that kinda shoots down that theory. Any idea what plant it was browsing on? Horntails like plants in the solanaceae (nightshade) family: tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco, eggplant, peppers, jimson weed etc. etc. . . . and of course nightshade.

ed. because spelling is hard

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My vote goes to:

19. juiceme - Jolla Phone

I can see story behind this... Usually ball is small and player big (or bigger than ball ;) ). When juiceme takes picture from real world, ball is bigger ;) Nice one!

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Again, before disclosing my favourite candidate I'll try to scrutinize the entries a bit :p

#1. claustn - (N9, camera+)
Lovely colour and hue, the larva seems to absolutely glow by itself. The background is a bit of a distraction, however it is nice that it is dark. (first glimpse does not even reveal the shot has been taken inside a room)
Also the flash casts a shadow under the animal which is a small problem.
There's my pet peeve again; the picture size is way too small! When enlarging it a bit it is also evident that the focus plane does not lie tack sharp on the main object.
Also I'd like to have seen this as a closeup; macro photographs generally get additional punch when the frame is filled with as much of the object as possible.

#2. meemorph - (N9, camera+)
Humoristic shot, the main object fills the frame nicely. Background would be nicer without the shadow on the bottom half of the frame.
Focus is on the text, and face of the figure lies behind the focus plane which is a bit of a distraction.
And as in the previous image, again way too small a picture!

#3. Dave999 - (iPhone 6s Plus)
Really ugly bugger, which is a good thing! :)
This is a borderline case whether it can be called macro shot unless the fish is of rather smallish breed.
The highlights are really distracting, either from overhead lighting or flash. When photographing shiny objects like a reflective/slimy fishies it is essaential to control the stray reflections, black reflectors come handy here.
Size of the image is good enough but it seems to me the camera autofocus has had a bit of a trouble coping with the subject.

#4. saponga - (N900)
Exposure and sharpness is tack on, really good capture of the flaky texture of the inkcap. Good control of DOF, nice macroish mushroom capture.
Nice round shapes with perfect mass-handling and directionality produce a perfect still life.

#5. tommo - (BlackBerry Passport)
Again, bit stretching the definition of a macro here. Sharpness in the main object is good, but too wide DOF to my liking; background is distracting.

#6. ste-phan - (Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge)
Good separation of main object and background, however there is too much background. These kinds of pictures *really* benefit from going as close as possible! However the mirror/glass is an excellent device here as it shows the mosquito in a nice posture, from both sides at the same time :)
Excellent sharpness but again the image is way too small!

#7. robthebold - (N9)
Lovely control of DOF, beautiful and well-exposed capture. Nice autumn colours and good mass-handling of the background burrs.

#8. shanttu - (Panasonic Lumix CM1)
Lovely colours, lovely fragile shapes. DOF a bit uncontrolled, it seems to me that the bront blossoms are slightly out-of-focus (probably camera has focused to the pattern on the leaves in bottom left quadrant)

#9. pasko - (Jolla Phone)
The burnt highlight on the whole right half distracts too much. Again a way too small image and the main subject seems to be somewhat out-of-focus.
The background idea (map/book?) is a good one and worth developing, however technical execution lacks in the finalized image.

#10. tvicol - (Jolla Phone)
Nice reeds, good colour and very good powerful leading lines. Focus is good, however again the image size is way too small.

#11. hedayat - (N9)
Main object fills the frame nicely, backgroung/foreground color balance is nice. The image is a fair bit underexposed (which is usualtypical of the sbj-1 device btw.) and would really be enhanced by better lighting.

#12. minimec - (Nexus5 SFOS)
Main object fills the frame nicely, interesting technical view of the subject. However stray reflections of room around the object add too much distraction.

#13. rm250j - (Sony Xperia Ultra)
Good sharpness on the main subject, well exposed and balanced. Presents the subjects well and edible :)

#14. briest - (N9)
Nice dreamy capture, good autumn feeling. Droplets are notoriously difficult to capture well.

#15. mosen - (Nexus5 SFOS)
Good rythm and strong lead-lines in the picture. However the same applies what I've said about captureing reflective surfaces. Background (coffee machine) is bit of a distraction.

#16. mihsun - (Sony Xperia Z3 Compact)
Nice lead-in with the main subject and the background tube and remote. I'd like to have seen the texts right-side up. The image is slightly grainy even though it looks to be exposed correctly.

#17. catbus - (N9)
Absolutely spot-on capture, very nice texture and colours. the whole frame is filled with interesting detail, culminating into the fold-up leave tips and the freen detail in top right quadrant.

#18. Macros - (Nokia 808 Pureview)
Sharpness is maybe just-nigh-off the mark, cannot really see where the DOF middle point is. Whiter part of the background in the lower half is a bit distracting. Droplets are nice idea but I'd like to have seen some highlight there.

#19. juiceme - (Jolla Phone)
N/A

#20. klinglerware - (Nexus5 on SFOS)
Excellent sharpness and good exposure. Stretching the theme a bit however.

#21. nieldk - (Oneplus X on SFOS)
Excellent sharpness, pretty good exposute but again way too small an image!
Interesting take on a tomato plant? Different-than-usual colour gives additional interest.

#22. danpio - (N9)
Absolutely beautiful posture, the fly in it's element really. The image is way too small, cannot really make out whether the focus is spot on!! Just a tad overexposed but in this case it dose not matter, it adds ethericity to the image. I kind of like the way background burns evenly in the top right quadrant.

The competition was really tough this time, with a lot of excellent candidates. Many images would have been great, if too small image size had not pushed them out of the race.
In the end, all things considered I will vote for #17, catbus.

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Very tight situation... If I did not count wrong, there are three participant with four votes...

I have to go sleep now even there is still little time to vote Your favorite...

Special Thanks to mosen for real life prize!!!

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Robthebold, No.7 gets my vote, great shot

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My vote goes to #1 claustn - N9, camera+

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will we see 22 votes?

Adding number 20 by voting for #19 Juiceme!

It completely astouned me how you capture this clean shot with a Jolla Phone.
Taking the hardware into account, it is cool to see how planning and a steady hand can even outplay the 808!

To max out the 3 days voting time, i would like to close and declare the winner around 2000 utc (8pm, right?).
Come on folks!
Everybody is invited to vote and maybe join us for November!

Here is the line-up again.

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No clear winner for me. A tie in my book. Nice job folks!

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danpio, great shot!

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vote for #18

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Lucky number 7 for me, robthebold

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I fear that this election is rigged too.

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AAaaand tommo decides the champ!

What a close race this time :)
Everyone is a winner for making this month competition a completely worthwhile passtime.

I sincerly hope robthebold, our champion of the month will find a likewise attractive theme for November.
Congratulations to your winning shot and a good hand in themeing.
Please PM a shipping adress to claim you prize!

The result of our inherently self-rigged vote, due to the fact that late voters are allowed to decide the race :D

1. robthebold, 6 votes
< lal, Macros, klinglerware, panjgoori, rm250j, tommo

2. Macros, 5 votes
< chenliangchen, nieldk, thedead1440, saponga, meemorph

3. juiceme, 4 votes
< pichlo, minimec, catbus, mosen

4. claustn, 3 votes
< Dave999, briest, mr_pingu

5. danpio 2 votes
< robthebold, imaginaryenemy

6. saponga < mihsun
6. tvicol < shanttu
6. briest < tangent
6. catbus < juiceme

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Congrats robthebold. How Will you calibrate this epic winning?



Something is fishy around 4th place. Could be that someone decided my vote doesn't count :D

Conspiracy...

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I just looked at the entries for about 5 mins and decided, certainly didn't count all the votes! Haha
I feel a bit guilty now i, so I will try to dig out a nice prize for next month if anyone is interested :)

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I have to go to nitpicking mode here since it seems my vote was not counted! :p
There's also a fourth contester to the 6th place; I voted for #17. Catbus

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actually, i got three of those clip on lens sets at photokina by charming around with sales staff at a chinese companys booth :o
They are quite cool but not very "sturdy". I guess it is the typical 9.99$ range ebay item.
I will keep one and still have another one to offer for the november competition!

@juiceme, damn sorry.
I somehow did not copy everything from the editor i prepared the post in... :o corrected the post

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We could try a poll for voting next time.

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Nice!
Maybe I will keep my prize for the December competition? ( you might have to remind me... )

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I vote for no competition during November. Instead grow a mustache, add your favorite topic suggestions, create a topic poll for December photo war of 2016 and then make a super Epic Big Bang happy new year photo delux competition during December.

Or have a completion in November and then in December collect all the winners of the year to battle a best photo 2016.

Either way I won't participate in November unless I can reuse my fish.

GL all and good luck!

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Congratulations robthebold, a close race indeed.

I am happy with my second place, saves me from choosing a topic ;)
Thanks for all the votes!

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It was over a year ago but if memory serves me right, I believe it was radish. The leaves look about right.

EDIT
Just caught up with the rest of tbe thread. Congratulations, robthebold!

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I hear you! It does feel like a high pressure task, what with the last few topics being so successful in attracting participation, I'm concerned about letting all of you down with a lousy theme.

What I did notice was that the last two topics (darkness and macro) were both challenging for cameraphones with their (mostly) tiny sensors and (mostly) fixed focal lengths. But maybe the challenge inspired creativity and thus the fantastic participation . . . like how a sonnet form inspires because of the limits placed on the author maybe.

Well, I may be getting a little too pretentious, and besides I don't know how to photograph poetry, so I thought for a day and decided on something else also hampered a little by the equipment used: motion. I looked at the last year's worth, and I don't believe it's repeating anything done too recently. If no serious objections, I'll start a new thread shortly.

Oh BTW everyone, this was sure a fun month for pics, wasn't it?

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Congratulations Rob!

No You don't ;)

And I think we made it quite well? ;)

OMG! This "Motion" -theme was what my wife hoped me to choose... what a coincidence

At first I was unsure when I read that I chose an old topic... But now I do not regret the choice... Pictures and atmosphere were great! Thanks for all participants!

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November contest here.

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As promised threatened, I post here what would have been my entry had I had the time and means to do that in time. A picture of some white dielectric material from the shed. Taken on 2016-10-22 with a Samsung Sidekick 4G.

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