Mushrooms on Sand

[Tony Kirkby]

Hi

I found these growing on a white sandy track in the Jarrah forest.
This was taken a f8 and was impossible to keep the whole mushroom in focus but does have a nice BG.
I have another at f32 which is very sharp with the whole mushroom in focus but the BG is not as pleasant.

Nikon D300
Sigma 180mm macro
f8
1/80 sec
Beanbag

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Excellent details, perfect DOF. Liked the natural arrangement of the mushrooms & ofcourse well seen by u.
The eye-level perspective makes this image really pop up.
No nits :)

[John Cooper]

An interesting find Tony. Something that many people don't realize that these little gems are not only found in rainforests but also in desert conditions. Pity the BG wouldn't tolerate a smaller aperature as it would nice to bring those gills under the cap into focus, never-the-less, a nice image!!

[Mike Moats]

Hey Tony, very nice family portrait. I think the details look great a good BG. I really like the perspective from down at ground level.

[Julie Kenward]

I'm with Mike on this one. I love your perspective and think you made the right choice as this has good detail and a great FG/BG. How cool to see mushrooms in the sand!

[Alfred Forns]

Tony you might be able to selectively blur the bg on the stopped down image?

I like it a lot as presented and feel its a very fine image !!!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Tony,
Excellent perspective. I like the sand on the stems and decent DOF. I would personally remove 1/2 the room above the mushrooms....this will further emphasize the grouping and may help with the f32 version also!

[Ed Vatza]

Agree with the above. Nice job, Tony.