Macro practice - Fungi

[Spearmint]

Today I caught up with K1W1 and another enthusiast up in the Sherbrooke Forest. This place is amazing, and with all of the rain the fungi is quite abundant.

K1W1 has posted a magnificent image here (http://www.ausph.com/showthread.php/9945-The-macro-shooter) which shows the size of the trees in the forest.

I'm a little disappointed with my effort today mainly due to the shallow DOF. Now on my to buy list is a shutter release. Another thing of note was there was little need for a flash today, so the ring flash I have in transit may not get too much usage, but we'll wait and see.

This is what the fungi was like on the trees

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/Spearmintau/Dandenong/Macros/Fungi03.jpg

And here are a few of my results...


http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/Spearmintau/Dandenong/Macros/Fungi01.jpg




http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/Spearmintau/Dandenong/Macros/Fungi02.jpg




http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/Spearmintau/Dandenong/Macros/Fungi07.jpg




http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/Spearmintau/Dandenong/Macros/Fungi10.jpg




And this one for K1W1, here is my starburst effort...


http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/Spearmintau/Dandenong/Macros/Fungi06.jpg



Thanks for looking

[Scottymc]

Looks like you needed a flash as the Iso got to you a bit.!

[Scottymc]

If you check out Mark B1 macro thread he shows you what he uses as a flash diffuser and its cheap and amazing!

[K1W1]

I hope that you realise you have just cost me a macro lens!
It's your turn for lunch next I'll either be poor or divorced or both. :)

[Spearmint]

Looks like you needed a flash as the Iso got to you a bit.!

Are you referring to all of the photos or just a couple?

[Spearmint]

I hope that you realise you have just cost me a macro lens!
It's your turn for lunch next I'll either be poor or divorced or both. :)

Hahaha, the joys of meeting up with fellow enthusiasts.

And yes Lunch is a given (I hope you're on a diet :) )

[tanz]

These all look pretty good, you found some interesting things to photograph, I like the 4th one the best :)

[Spearmint]

These all look pretty good, you found some interesting things to photograph, I like the 4th one the best :)

Thank you Tania for the kind words.

I believe we all enjoyed ourselves today (I know I did) as the hours just seemed to fly by. I'd like to revisit trying to capture more fungi once I have my cable release and ring flash.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

2's a cracker Minty.

[Spearmint]

Thank you DPR, I appreciate the feedback.

I'd like to attempt to capture more fungi at some stage in the near future. Hopefully I can get a few different varieties next time as well.

[K1W1]

I'd like to attempt to capture more fungi at some stage in the near future. Hopefully I can get a few different varieties next time as well.

And maybe a few less leeches. I now know why I don't do a lot of macro. :)

[Spearmint]

And maybe a few less leeches. I now know why I don't do a lot of macro. :)

Hahaha, how bad were they on Sunday? They sure liked us :)

[Seesee]

Being in the snapshot section I cant say anything really bu, .... nice assortment and you can stick your leeches lol

[Spearmint]

Being in the snapshot section I cant say anything really bu, .... nice assortment and you can stick your leeches lol

If you have some comments (good or bad) go for it? I have a glass of milk on my desk to cry into LOL

I only put them in this section as it was a first practice after 30+ years since photographing fungi. I'm not overly impressed with the results particularly DOF, which in itself restricts cropping etc, as there is very little in focus. Next effort I'll shoot aperture priority and utilise the tripod and flash to hopefully improve of what I've managed with this round. The flash will need to be quite dampened and probably a stop or two down to ensure it doesn't wash out the translucent parts.