Comments for Dennis Goulet

Comment on Backyard Mushrooms by Diane Biello

Diane Biello — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 18:17:38 +0000

Dennis,
It was nice to meet you last thursday evening at teh RLT meeting.
You have many nice photos of mushrooms. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to positively indentify mushroooms from just a photo. Wheter it is gilled, a bolete, stemless, color, spore print etc, all have a bearing in identification.
After the photo of the Russula, numbers 7,8,9 and 5c appear to me to be Hen of the Woods, also called Grifola Frondosa, or Maitake, they grown on oak trees around early October – if there is sufficient rain.
Yours appear to be past peak. As they start to dry out they become more white. When fresh can be brown or dark grey with some white. A very good edible.
#A014739 is definitely an Amanita most likely a destroying angel and as you can guess from the name it is poisonous.
2018-10-02-16-46-30C is a beefsteak fungus (Fistulina Hepatica) which has a lateral stalk, flesh oozing red juice, and found on oak trees. It is edible but my husband and I did not like the taste.
#7D-3256 looks to me to be a Jack O’ Lantern (omphalates illudens). It growns in large bunches with attached stems and is poisonous. A poisonous look a like for a chanterelle.
My best suggestion is to buy yourself a mushroom ID book and check some out yourself and/or join a mushroom club. I believe there is one in RI but do not know the name. Good luck with your ID’s.
Diane

Comment on Birds in the Backyard by Marjorie Lamphear

Marjorie Lamphear — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 23:10:41 +0000

Thanks for the ideas and the beautiful photos, Dennis!

Comment on Birds in the Backyard by Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 05:09:15 +0000

What a beautiful selection of little birds (and brilliant photography).

Over here, all the large/middle size birds (kookaburras, cockatoos, rosellas, parrots, magpies, currawongs, ravens, wonga pigeons, etc.), we feed, keep the majority of the small ones away and hiding in the bush !
8-))

Comment on Birds in the Backyard by Ted Lawson

Ted Lawson — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 20:12:06 +0000

I like the “angry” bluebird staring directly at you.

Comment on Birds in the Backyard by Cemal Ekin

Cemal Ekin — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:31:08 +0000

Nice finches, Dennis!

Cemal

Comment on Using Flash – Balancing the Foreground and Background Light by Gary Carlson

Gary Carlson — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 01:25:14 +0000

Thank you for this tutorial Dennis. Especially helpful was the tip on how you lit the tree trunk to un-clutter the background in the Lady Slipper image. Great tip !!

Comment on Focus Stacking — Part 3 by Hermes Justiniano

Hermes Justiniano — Sun, 31 May 2020 22:37:34 +0000

By the way, I found your analysis of PS vs. Helicon Focus most interesting and useful.

Comment on Yellowstone in Winter by Barbara Yurkshat

Barbara Yurkshat — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 22:34:37 +0000

Brings back so many wonderful memories of our trip!! Your photos are beautiful … the hoarfrost on the pine tree would make a gorgeous Christmas card! But then so would so many of the others! This trip will be one of our all time favorites … not only for the wildlife and the scenery, but for the fun times with a fun group!!

Comment on Yellowstone in Winter by Cemal Ekin

Cemal Ekin — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 20:23:25 +0000

Surely fun times! My favorites are the two Big Horn Sheep photos, 1 and 3. Followed by the third Sapphire Pool thermal feature in Biscuit Basin. Keep’em coming!

Comment on In the Yard — Fungi by A Cemal Ekin

A Cemal Ekin — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:29:44 +0000

Very interesting collection Dennis. Some of them with multiple mushrooms look like housing clusters from a SciFi movie. I guess you are resting to have time to finish the post. See you soon.

Cemal