Gary S. Michalec

Tubaria furfuracea, Fringed Tubaria Mushroom Gills, 1999

Close-up photograph; color transparency film; electronic flash

Veterans Administration Medical Center, Ophthalmic Imaging, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Photographs for nature and science applications are both challenging and interesting to make. The photograph of this gill pattern on the bottom of a mushroom cap was difficult to achieve because of the perspective needed to reveal structure while preserving a pleasing aesthetic composition.