Fungus - ? Common bonnet

[Jonathan Ashton]

Tripod 50D, Canon 180mm macro, mirror lock, cable release, reflector, ISO 100 1/8 sec f11. Image taken in mixed woodland.
Here is the first of a few fungi shots - not too hot on ID so please correct me if you wish!
All C&C welcome.

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Jon. Very nice comp and background! I like the curved stem and the low shooting angle that gives a view of the gills - I'm assuming that you used the reflected light to brighten the underside of the fungus. Very well done!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks Steve, yes that is how I used the reflector.

[Mitch Haimov]

Nicely done. Fungi make great subjects and the delicacy of this one is appealing. I like that you got low enough to reveal the gills. BG is nice and compliments well. Works well as presented; another option would have been to stack a few exposures to get all of the FG within your DOF.

I am seeing what I assume are a couple OOF dust spots--one near left edge about 1/4 way down from top of frame and one near right edge about half way down. I tried cropping with a piece of paper and think you could trim some from the left (added bonus: would remove the more visible dust spot).

I checked my copy of Mushrooms Demystified to see if I could offer an opinion on the ID, but it does not include common bonnet in its "over 2000 species." Not really surprising as it is for US and Canada.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Mitch, thanks for C&C, yes I see the dust marks - funny thing is I "removed" them in ACR and yet it has reappeared!

[Carl Walker]

Hi Jonathan - I like the detail you have managed to capture here. Your bg is great and I think you have cropped this perfectly. I like the host log shown here too. TFS