Jim Poor
02-11-2008, 02:31 PM
Here is the fungus from the other day zoomed out a bit.
In the first post, I was trying to avoid the "bad spot" right center of the "stem," but I also considered (and decided against) using it as an anchor.
I really wanted to get a dark BG, but since the park closes at sunset, that may be out of the question.
I'm trying to figure out how to best approach this for my next trip out there. The fungus was beyond the MFD of the 200-400 which was on a tripod pointed nearly vertically for this shot, and hand held for others. So that puts the fungus at least 15-ish feet up in the tree considering my height.
I could have scooted left to avoid the bright sky and got all tree trunk in the BG, but would have put me less parallel to the right side of the fungus, which is the flatter of the two.
I'm going to try the 200-400 stopped all the way down, and may even try the 600 with the tripod legs collapsed.
I'm figuring a way to get close with the 105mm, but figure I better talk to the park ranger before putting a ladder up there.
All advice is welcome and actively solicited.
D3
200-400 @ 200mm
1/60 @ F-11 (Need to stop way down next time)
Fill Flash
Post,
Cropped, Curves, Contrast, Resize, Sharpen, S/H, in that order (I'm finding that I like S/H after sharpening for some images.)
In the first post, I was trying to avoid the "bad spot" right center of the "stem," but I also considered (and decided against) using it as an anchor.
I really wanted to get a dark BG, but since the park closes at sunset, that may be out of the question.
I'm trying to figure out how to best approach this for my next trip out there. The fungus was beyond the MFD of the 200-400 which was on a tripod pointed nearly vertically for this shot, and hand held for others. So that puts the fungus at least 15-ish feet up in the tree considering my height.
I could have scooted left to avoid the bright sky and got all tree trunk in the BG, but would have put me less parallel to the right side of the fungus, which is the flatter of the two.
I'm going to try the 200-400 stopped all the way down, and may even try the 600 with the tripod legs collapsed.
I'm figuring a way to get close with the 105mm, but figure I better talk to the park ranger before putting a ladder up there.
All advice is welcome and actively solicited.
D3
200-400 @ 200mm
1/60 @ F-11 (Need to stop way down next time)
Fill Flash
Post,
Cropped, Curves, Contrast, Resize, Sharpen, S/H, in that order (I'm finding that I like S/H after sharpening for some images.)