The Sickener_Russula emeticella

[Jonathan Ashton]

Tripod Canon 50D Canon 180mm macro & polariser, MLU, ISO 100 1.6 sec f11, reflector.
I took two images at f11, one was focused on the stype, the other on the rim of the head, I layered them and erased to give little more DOF
All C&C welcome.

[Mitch Haimov]

Your manual stacking worked well with this one, Jon. I think the placement within the frame works very well and, as usual, you handled the exposure and saturation well. I think I would have been tempted to carefully remove some debris from the cap or hide it with a lower POV (assuming that wouldn't have brought any objectionable elements into this fairly clean BG).

[Jonathan Ashton]

Mitch I agree the debris is a little unsightly, I tried and succeeded in removing some but the remainder was stuck and if I pulled it then the surface would have been destroyed........ as a pal of mine says when things are less than ideal - you'll just have to go back and do again!

[Markus Jais]

Great DOF, very well done. I like the composition and the effect of the polarizer.
For me the debris is ok because this is just how most mushrooms look like in autumn.

Markus

[Don Lacy]

NIce low angle and plenty of detail I really like how you have the BG just OOF focus so its not a distraction but still gives a sense of place.

[Adrian David]

Interesting mushroom nicely put on scene...