Canon 50D, Canon 180mm macro, Tripod, MLU, ISO 100 +0.3, 1/15 sec, f11.
All C&C welcome.
Fungus sp.
Canon 50D, Canon 180mm macro, Tripod, MLU, ISO 100 +0.3, 1/15 sec, f11.
All C&C welcome.
Okay, now you're showing off Jon! You seem to have an endless supply of excellent macro subjects where you live. Anyway, another really cool subject very nicely lit--the soft, dappled light works well. As with your thread of Sunday, I find the BG somewhat busy. What is the green thing right in front of the base of the stipe? Does not appear natural.
Hi Mitch, just about all the backgrounds are busy when the fungi are on the ground as opposed to on a tree trunk. The thing at the front is an out of focus leaf, I did a little repair work to make it less obvious and then I forgot to take a good look at it- have to agree not my best repair!
Last edited by Jonathan Ashton; 10-15-2013 at 10:25 AM.
very interesting indeed, must love fungus. Now you will having me post my all time favorite, I will see if its up to par.
I agree about the BG, but if it was in a less noisy BG I never would guess it was a shroom, it could easily be a sculpture, building, UFO.
Love the textures and the lighting, the RS is find to me, the left could use a bit less of the green so you really focus on the lighting that is hitting the forest floor and the fungus.
Nice shot.
Jonathan,
Beautiful subject with nice colors. I like the superb texture and details on it. If mine I would just darken the leaves just above the back edge.
Leaves on the LHS looks beautiful.
Regards,
Satish.
Hi Jon, for me is just too close to the foot, if this is FF then moving the whole crop down would have helped hugely, if not perhaps a portrait format?. As present I might have gone a bit more to the right to off-set it, being central I feel unbalances the composition. Do you think having less light and more directional may have given the image a bit more 'edge'? Curious why 1/15sec, would you not want more, curious as i have not ventured into this realm?
If you really want more fungi to shoot in interesting habitats, I know a very good guy who runs workshops and is part of the RPS.
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Thanks for the feedback everyone much appreciated. I expected mixed reviews regarding composition, that's fine by me we all see things differently.
Steve not sure what you meant by 1/15 would you not want more. I exposed for the highlights.
Jonathan, I just thought 1/15sec was very slow and increasing ISO to give a better SS might help, but perhaps a slower SS with fungi is better, no idea?
Steve the overriding issue for me is image quality so I go for ISO 100 and (usually) f11 in macro when ever practicable. Everything was still so I wasn't concerned about the low shutter speed, I use mirror lock up, an electronic cable release and a gitzo tripod and when I raise the mirror I wait a second or so before firing the shutter.
Last edited by Jonathan Ashton; 10-20-2013 at 09:30 AM.
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
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