Mushrooms And Fungi Of Any Kind

[Nemorino]

Thank You! I prefer the first.

Again R5 + RF35 @ f/2.0

 

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Another beautiful shot. Nicely done, Nemorino.

 

[Maximilian]

That little mushroom was so tiny - the cap had about 7 mm diameter
And it was so dark, that I had to go down to 1/40
5D4, 100-400L II + TC, @560 mm, close to MFD+cropping, f/8, 1/40, ISO1250

 

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That little mushroom was so tiny - the cap had about 7 mm diameter
And it was so dark, that I had to go down to 1/40
5D4, 100-400L II + TC, @560 mm, close to MFD+cropping, f/8, 1/40, ISO1250

It's very well done. I really like this picture.

 

[Jethro]

This is one of the tiniest fungi I've taken - with the old EF24-70 f4, which had (has!) an excellent macro performance. Only a couple of mm each (for the cups), natural light:

 

[Jethro]

One more - a tiny (say 3mm) transparent fungi on a bushrock wall, with a raindrop in its cup - it was gone when I walked back 15 minutes later:

 

[ISv]

I prefer shorter focal length for mushrooms. If they are that large You don`t even need a mocro lens.


Two versions of the same series of in body focus bracketing. First made of 22, second made of 36 single pictures.
R5 + RF35 @ f/4
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@ all
Which version do You prefer?

If I need to ID the fungus I would prefer the second one (more info from different fruit bodies)! If I want to isolate particular fruit bodies from the group I will prefer the technique applied in the first photo! On other hand in this particular case I like more the second photo - my brain feels somehow more relaxed watching it.

 

[ISv]

One more - a tiny (say 3mm) transparent fungi on a bushrock wall, with a raindrop in its cup - it was gone when I walked back 15 minutes later:

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It's the same Mycena sp. on both photos. Very similar in the outer features as the Mycena alphitophora that we have on Hawaii.

 

[ISv]

And here some photos taken on January first this year - only because there was nothing better: Amanita ananiceps...

 

[SteveC]

One more - a tiny (say 3mm) transparent fungi on a bushrock wall, with a raindrop in its cup - it was gone when I walked back 15 minutes later:

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You missed your chance. If you had waited around not more than 15 minutes you could have caught it in flight.

 

[Jethro]

You missed your chance. If you had waited around not more than 15 minutes you could have caught it in flight.

Shrooms in Flight - now there's a sub-genre I'd like to see!

 

[Nemorino]

If you had waited around not more than 15 minutes you could have caught it in flight.

They are sooooo fast!!!! That's why there are no pictures of mushrooms in flight!!!!

OK, I couldn't focus stack them so here is a common one:
28 single pictures, R5 + RF 100 @ f/5 + LED by cell phone

 

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They are sooooo fast!!!! That's why there are no pictures of mushrooms in flight!!!!

OK, I couldn't focus stack them so here is a common one:
28 single pictures, R5 + RF 100 @ f/5 + LED by cell phone

Nicely done, Nemorino.

 

[Nemorino]

Thank You twice!!!

 

[Jethro]

They are sooooo fast!!!! That's why there are no pictures of mushrooms in flight!!!!

OK, I couldn't focus stack them so here is a common one:
28 single pictures, R5 + RF 100 @ f/5 + LED by cell phone
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Congratulations on keeping a realistic background in a 28 photo stack!!

 

[Del Paso]

This is one of the tiniest fungi I've taken - with the old EF24-70 f4, which had (has!) an excellent macro performance. Only a couple of mm each (for the cups), natural light:
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I like mine (EF 24-70) too. A very sharp lens, in my opinion better than my RF 24-105.

 

[Nemorino]

Congratulations on keeping a realistic background in a 28 photo stack!!

Why not? Do You think it is a high or a low number?

Laowa 60mm macro + R5
33 picture focus stack

 

[Jethro]

Why not? Do You think it is a high or a low number?

Laowa 60mm macro + R5
33 picture focus stack
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I thought it was a very high number (I know people stack into the 100s). From my point of view, I aim as much for an artistic background as I do for full (or partial) clarity in the subject fungi - so I look at your image above and see a crystal clear fungi, but also a great background, without the sort of syncopated blur I see in some stacks.

 

[Nemorino]

The number of frames depends on the magnification, the look of the BG on the distances subject-BG/camera -subject, focal lenght and aperture.
The distance in the first picture is small and I got that look. But it was the second rendering, the first was made of 69 frames.
But I didn't want to edit the halo and I didn't liked the "sticker-look". This shows why some experienced stackers choose a blurred BG when framing.
Probably You know this yet.

 

[Jethro]

The number of frames depends on the magnification, the look of the BG on the distances subject-BG/camera -subject, focal lenght and aperture.
The distance in the first picture is small and I got that look. But it was the second rendering, the first was made of 69 frames.
But I didn't want to edit the halo and I didn't liked the "sticker-look". This shows why some experienced stackers choose a blurred BG when framing.
Probably You know this yet.

Actually not - I'm a very inexperienced 'stacker'! I've generally taken 'natural light' single frame pictures - which obviously involves compromises.