Mushrooms And Fungi Of Any Kind

[jprusa]

I'm not taking photos of fungi now but several years ago they were my prime object. Unfortunately I may deleted the NEF files (can't find them right now) and the noise reduction is not of the recent years level. All photos are taken at very closed aperture for maximum detail/info (even in the background) for purpose of ID.

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Very nice ISv!

 

[ISv]

Very nice ISv!

Thanks jprusa!
I wouldn't say the IQ is that good but the purpose of these photos (except the last two which are common here and well described) was for ID. Non of the first five was given ID to species, for some even to genus by the local, professional mycologists that I contacted. In fact I was supplying also a dry material for microscopy and field descriptions together with the photos.
All these are from Hawaii, most of them are "guests" from other continents and there is big mess in the taxonomy of the tropical fungi (and not only of the tropical). So, my hobby in that time was pretty purposeful
Anyway, I have tons of photos of fungi (unfortunately many from the film era that I'm not going to digitize) and will post some in portions...

 

[Maximilian]

Looks like a Turkey tail to me too.

Tylopilus felleus I think

Thanks, jprusa and ISv

 

[Maximilian]

Very nice shots but wish you would post the meta data so we could observe your cam and lens settings. I love mushrooms and documentaries about them. If, by chance you haven't already seen and have access to Netflix docs, you might enjoy the following story. https://www.netflix.com/title/81183477. It is just fascinating to watch and learn about the world of mushrooms on this doc.

Hello, canonmike!
Thanks for that Netflix hint.
About meta data:
I don't want to spread too much personal data in the web, but I've added the exposure data to my pics.

 

[Nemorino]

I don't want to spread too much personal data in the web

Like your Iso and aperture?


A 23 picture focus stack with the Eos R and Laowa 60mm Macro, LED light by Samsung smartphone.

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, Nemorino.

 

[Maximilian]

Like your Iso and aperture?

As you can see I have added exposure data to my posts above. And I will always do so if asked for.
But have you ever read out the full EXIF of a picture?
If not you would be surprised what it tells about all your gear, incl. serial nr., GPS data, if it's switched on, etc..
And I don't want anybody trying to register at Canon or somewhere else with serial nrs. of my gear, for example.
Of course one can modify and select data. But for me it is easier to just leave it away.

 

[HenryL]

I've had macro lenses in the past, but never used them much. I've never done any focus stacking, and certainly don't recall ever having photographed mushrooms, but this thread inspired me to do both. Using the RF 100 and my R5's focus bracketing feature, I photographed these fungi in my flower beds. Natural light, 50 frames, ISO 800, f/4, 1/50th. I have no idea what kind they are, but there's lots of them. Used the Helicon Focus trial to process. I tried Affinity Photo and Photoshop as well, but Helicon did the best at default settings. I found this more interesting than I expected...so that's a win. Anyway, here is my first attempt at focus stacking.

 

[Click]

That's a very nice picture. Well done, Henry.

 

[becceric]

I've had macro lenses in the past, but never used them much. I've never done any focus stacking, and certainly don't recall ever having photographed mushrooms, but this thread inspired me to do both. Using the RF 100 and my R5's focus bracketing feature, I photographed these fungi in my flower beds. Natural light, 50 frames, ISO 800, f/4, 1/50th. I have no idea what kind they are, but there's lots of them. Used the Helicon Focus trial to process. I tried Affinity Photo and Photoshop as well, but Helicon did the best at default settings. I found this more interesting than I expected...so that's a win. Anyway, here is my first attempt at focus stacking.

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That’s quite neat, HenryL. My few attempts at focus stacking left me with several halos to remove afterwards. I like the gloss on the righthand mushroom.

 

[becceric]

Like your Iso and aperture?


A 23 picture focus stack with the Eos R and Laowa 60mm Macro, LED light by Samsung smartphone.

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That’s quite an impressive grouping. A very nice job. The lighting adds a great look. How many watt-seconds is that Samsung?

 

[AlanF]

Like your Iso and aperture?


A 23 picture focus stack with the Eos R and Laowa 60mm Macro, LED light by Samsung smartphone.

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I've had macro lenses in the past, but never used them much. I've never done any focus stacking, and certainly don't recall ever having photographed mushrooms, but this thread inspired me to do both. Using the RF 100 and my R5's focus bracketing feature, I photographed these fungi in my flower beds. Natural light, 50 frames, ISO 800, f/4, 1/50th. I have no idea what kind they are, but there's lots of them. Used the Helicon Focus trial to process. I tried Affinity Photo and Photoshop as well, but Helicon did the best at default settings. I found this more interesting than I expected...so that's a win. Anyway, here is my first attempt at focus stacking.

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I really like the focus stacking with these subjects. You have a great job with stunning results.

 

[AlanF]

I'm not taking photos of fungi now but several years ago they were my prime object. Unfortunately I may deleted the NEF files (can't find them right now) and the noise reduction is not of the recent years level. All photos are taken at very closed aperture for maximum detail/info (even in the background) for purpose of ID.

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Very interesting shots.

 

[Maximilian]

Taken@ 105mm, 1/100, f/8, ISO 1000

 

[canonmike]

I've had macro lenses in the past, but never used them much. I've never done any focus stacking, and certainly don't recall ever having photographed mushrooms, but this thread inspired me to do both. Using the RF 100 and my R5's focus bracketing feature, I photographed these fungi in my flower beds. Natural light, 50 frames, ISO 800, f/4, 1/50th. I have no idea what kind they are, but there's lots of them. Used the Helicon Focus trial to process. I tried Affinity Photo and Photoshop as well, but Helicon did the best at default settings. I found this more interesting than I expected...so that's a win. Anyway, here is my first attempt at focus stacking.

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Nicely done....

 

[jprusa]

Like your Iso and aperture?


A 23 picture focus stack with the Eos R and Laowa 60mm Macro, LED light by Samsung smartphone.

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What a find! Nice shot!

 

[jprusa]

Taken@ 105mm, 1/100, f/8, ISO 1000

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Very Nice Maximilian! Great find

 

[jprusa]

I've had macro lenses in the past, but never used them much. I've never done any focus stacking, and certainly don't recall ever having photographed mushrooms, but this thread inspired me to do both. Using the RF 100 and my R5's focus bracketing feature, I photographed these fungi in my flower beds. Natural light, 50 frames, ISO 800, f/4, 1/50th. I have no idea what kind they are, but there's lots of them. Used the Helicon Focus trial to process. I tried Affinity Photo and Photoshop as well, but Helicon did the best at default settings. I found this more interesting than I expected...so that's a win. Anyway, here is my first attempt at focus stacking.

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It turned out good, I like the way the background looks.

 

[Click]

Very nice picture, Maximilian.

 

[Maximilian]

Taken@ 105mm, 1/125, f/5.6 ISO 1000