Mushrooms And Fungi Of Any Kind

[canonmike]

Amanita Muscaria - focus stacked using manual focus with M5 & 28mm macro, stacked with Helicon Focus 7.View attachment 199978View attachment 199979

Wow! Just look at the clarity in these photos. Who said the M series bodies and lenses were not capable.??? Nicely done.

 

[Click]

Amanita Muscaria - focus stacked using manual focus with M5 & 28mm macro, stacked with Helicon Focus 7.

Very nice pictures! Well done, DanP.

 

[Maximilian]

Amanita Muscaria - focus stacked using manual focus with M5 & 28mm macro, stacked with Helicon Focus 7.

What a wonderful population - really well staged . Congrats Dan

 

[Maximilian]

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

 

[canonmike]

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

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The photographing of mushrooms and fungi takes you into a different world, one you and fellow CR members have convinced me to explore.

 

[HenryL]

The photographing of mushrooms and fungi takes you into a different world, one you and fellow CR members have convinced me to explore.

Be careful, It's a trap...you'll end up stuck in a tiny little world!

These folks around here got me too! In all honestly, birds have mostly cleared out around here other than crows and gulls, so it's not a problem that since these guys started with the mushroom photos, I walk around always looking down instead of up. Enjoy the discovery...I certainly am!

 

[Maximilian]

The photographing of mushrooms and fungi takes you into a different world, one you and fellow CR members have convinced me to explore.

These folks around here got me too! ...

You're welcome. And all others, too.
When I started this thread I didn't expect more than 60 replies in such a short time.
Thank you all.

 

[EricN]

 

[EricN]

135 2.8 soft focus

 

[Click]

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

Very nice composition. Well done.

 

[Maximilian]

Very nice composition. Well done.

Thanks, Click.
I didn't think much of composition. In this case that was "the standard" to me.
So if I may ask: What do you think is so well in this case?

 

[Maximilian]

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Eric, I really like that bottom-up perspective. Quite often I am to lazy to try that out
What gear did you use and how was the aperture? Thanks in advance.

 

[Click]

Thanks, Click.
I didn't think much of composition. In this case that was "the standard" to me.
So if I may ask: What do you think is so well in this case?

The Point of view and the choice of the Depth of field. The image looks balanced throughout the composition.

 

[EricN]

Eric, I really like that bottom-up perspective. Quite often I am to lazy to try that out
What gear did you use and how was the aperture? Thanks in advance.

100-400ii with Hoya closeup lens +4 at f11. I balanced with rocks, acorns and twigs until I got it right. I'd like to learn about focus bracketing, but I think it might not work in this case with overlapping of the grass and all the different mushrooms.

 

[jprusa]

Eric, I really like that bottom-up perspective. Quite often I am to lazy to try that out
What gear did you use and how was the aperture? Thanks in advance.

I purchased this just for mushrooms , I ran across it on Amazon prime day and it was a pretty good deal. It is quirky but it works better than my RRS. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1486816-REG/geekoto_x25_defender_75_4_section.html/specs

 

[Maximilian]

I purchased this just for mushrooms , I ran across it on Amazon prime day and it was a pretty good deal. It is quirky but it works better than my RRS. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1486816-REG/geekoto_x25_defender_75_4_section.html/specs

Thanks, jprusa, for that recommendation.
I already have a light travel tripod, that I can put really low as well as a gorillapod.
The laziness is more about try and recompose and try again as you cannot look through the VF with the camera so low and just a fixed display doesn't help, too.

 

[DanP]

What a wonderful population - really well staged . Congrats Dan

Thanks Maximilian. They were part of a larger grouping. It's too bad the window for them being in good shape is quite narrow.

 

[Nemorino]

, I feel like I'm right there, crawling around, checking out your mushrooms.

Oh no! It was such a muddy floor!

 

[Jethro]

Oh no! It was such a muddy floor!

How many opportunities do 'responsible adults' get to crawl around in the mud! Although, I must add, where I am peak-fungi season coincides with peak leech season ...

 

[becceric]

Here is a mushroom shot I've always liked. It felt like I was looking at the unique striated bridge of a Federation Starship. It's a shame my iMac and Time Machine lost the original along with many other items. Nothing's perfect...