Mushrooms

addieleman · #1 October 29th, 2011, 01:19 PM

Went to the park this morning to make pictures of mushrooms and actually came back with some

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addieleman · #2 November 2nd, 2011, 03:10 PM

Some more from today.

JayShiva · #3 November 6th, 2011, 04:42 PM

lovely shots; are they some shaggy ink caps I spy?

I seem to be spotting more and more mushrooms this year for some reason...

addieleman · #4 November 7th, 2011, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JayShiva

lovely shots; are they some shaggy ink caps I spy?

I seem to be spotting more and more mushrooms this year for some reason...

Thanks! I now have to confess I know zilch about mushrooms

, I just happen to love the colours and shapes they come in and I've decided that I'd try to shoot some (with a camera that is) this autumn. According to Wikipedia it's probably a Coprinus Comatus indeed, although I'd happily leave that call to someone else

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addieleman · #5 November 9th, 2011, 11:01 AM

Some from last weekend. No interesting ones today, maybe mushroom time is over.

JayShiva · #6 November 9th, 2011, 12:50 PM

Cracking shots,

most recent one I've snapped is this one that had been kicked and had it's stem broken.

P1080384 copy by JayShiva, on Flickr

JayShiva · #7 November 9th, 2011, 12:51 PM

Or this one, which isn't as sharp as it could be...curses!

P1080373 by JayShiva, on Flickr

JayShiva · #8 November 9th, 2011, 12:52 PM

Also, might I ask which lens you used? I myself shot the above with the Panny 20/1.7 which isn't ideal, but was all I had to hand.

addieleman · #9 November 9th, 2011, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JayShiva

Also, might I ask which lens you used? I myself shot the above with the Panny 20/1.7 which isn't ideal, but was all I had to hand.

Hi, all pics shown here have been shot with a 100mm macro legacy lens, the Minolta MD Macro 100/4. Any other decent macro 50...100mm lens will do, I guess. I prefer 100mm because I like the distant perspective it produces. Mushrooms don't move a lot, so a manual focus legacy lens is perfectly suitable and a whole lot cheaper than a native µ4/3 macro lens like the Panny 45/2.8.

I should mention as well that I use a tripod that can be positioned at low height and that I have to crouch to do the composition, which is a bit cumbersome given my age of 57

. The GH2's tilt and swivel LCD is a big bonus here, especially for vertical shots. Good luck!

Next weekend I won't have time to go on mushroom hunt, I'm afraid there won't be a lot to shoot after that.

Dave in Wales · #10 November 10th, 2011, 12:28 AM

very nice shots, i just love the shaggy ones

d in w