Mushrooms And Fungi Of Any Kind

[Nemorino]

With the people in the BG I'd prefer the 52 frames stack

For this reason I prefer the stack of 53 frames because people in that are unusual.

One mushroom, three lenses, four stacks
You might notice the different look of the mushroom with changing focal length

15mm Laowa

Laowa Rf58mm @ f/2.8

Laowa RF58mm @ f/5.6

RF100L 2.8 macro @ f/4

 

[Click]

Nicely done, Nemorino. I prefer the 2nd and 3rd.

 

[Jethro]

Nicely done, Nemorino. I prefer the 2nd and 3rd.

Agreed - I think the 4th is good too, and could be the best - but I'd probably crop out the foreground blur which I find a little intrusive. I know it was probably left that way as a comparison with the others.

 

[Nemorino]

but I'd probably crop out the foreground blur which I find a little intrusive.

For composition reasons I didn't. The mushroom would be too close to the bottom.
A disadvantage of the longer focal length: it is more likely to get something in between.

 

[Nemorino]

First focus stacking with flash thanks to the R5 mk2
R5 mk2 + RF100L + MT24
59 frames

R5 mk2 + RF35 1.8 with flash and with fly
26 frames

 

[Click]

Very nice shots. I especially like the second one with the lens flares.

 

[MSH411]

20 Image stack, found these under my Lilac bush in the back yard

 

[ISv]

Pleurotus djamor (aka the pink oyster mushroom). On the Internet most of the photos are from (the real) pink to exaggerated red and beyond. On Oahu (and I think all other Hawaiian Islands) there is no pink morph (or none have been reported).

 

[Jethro]

I love the background on the first shot! I might have upped the exposure a little in post - but that's just me ...

 

[Nemorino]

R5m2 + RF100L

R5m2 + Laowa RF58mm + LED light of my cellphone

 

[Click]

Very nice photos, Nemorino. I like the light and shadow effect on the last one.

 

[ISv]

Pisolithus arhizus. It never do nice photos especially because the background (but it's the habitat were you can see it!).

 

[Maximilian]

Pisolithus arhizus. It never do nice photos especially because the background (but it's the habitat were you can see it!).

Fascinating shape.

About (not) nice photos:
I think the bg is fully okay. Of course, one could do stacking to get shallow DOF and better bokeh in the bg.
But that is not my style of photography.
The only thing that distracts me in this photo is the bright twig in th fg.
I would have removed it before taking the photo.
But others say, that nature should be left as it is... also a good point of view.

 

[ISv]

I didn't choose the right photo: it's even not sharp enough, I took it on my way back after getting photos of the bird that make's me to torture my old body on that trail! Here is another one on my way up (with very little hope I will see that bird at all). Little bit different angle/distance, very different light. The twig is still there but maybe because it is at the same angle as the shade at least for me it's not that disturbing.

 

[Click]

I prefer this one. The interplay of light and shadow adds something extra.

 

[Maximilian]

I didn't choose the right photo: it's even not sharp enough, ... Here is another one on my way up ...

I prefer this one. The interplay of light and shadow adds something extra.

Same here!
As the bg is darker now, it is even better.
My opinion about the twig is still the same, but it is you and your photo and that's all that counts

 

[Nemorino]

. It never do nice photos especially because the background (but it's the habitat were you can see it!).

Have You ever tried another focal length?

R5m2 + Laowa 15mm + focus stacks
15 frames with the BG of the first...

and the last frame

11 frames

and 7 frames

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, Nemorino. Well done.

 

[Maximilian]

Have You ever tried another focal length?

Beautiful subjects and beautiful BG. Well done Nemorino

 

[ISv]

Have You ever tried another focal length?

R5m2 + Laowa 15mm + focus stacks
15 frames with the BG of the first...
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and the last frame
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11 frames
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and 7 frames
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Sorry but this is not the background that I like (just me...)!