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Family outing
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Family outing

by Geoffrey Baker

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 25, 2010161 views6 comments
I spotted these in the woods, not sure what they are though, the nearest match I can find in my book is "Sulphur Tuft" ? but there are so many similar ones that it's difficult to tell for sure.

They were in good condition so I set up my tripod probably about 8 feet away and used a telephoto lens with extension tubes on to get a lovely out of focus background.

A friend held a home made gold reflector made from the foil off an Easter egg glued to some card to cast some light on them for me.

Sony A350
Sigma 50-500 EX plus extension tubes
4 seconds
f16
ISO 100
420mm
Tripod and cable release
Manual focus
I've cropped just a little off all sides for composition purposes, my viewfinder isn't 100% and it doesn't seem to be reduced evenly on all sides so I have to give myself a little room, I learned that the hard way lol.

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by David Page on September 25, 2010 at 1:49 PM
Great find. Love the composition. Foil reflector worked well. Always intrigued by photos of the wee little things..
Registered on April 15, 2009, 19 Posts, 199 Comments
Comment posted by Alessandra & Rocco on September 26, 2010 at 7:48 AM
Well done! Beautiful focus and composition :wavey:
Registered on March 3, 2007, 122 Posts, 778 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Teller on September 26, 2010 at 6:32 PM
I rreally like this image. The colors are great and the dof and focus are spot on. I think the two mushrooms to the left add blance to the image. Nice job.
Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
Comment posted by Wayne Jones on September 26, 2010 at 10:41 PM
Beautiful composition. Choice of lens, low angle, and great work with the reflector all came together for a magical scene.
Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 28, 2010 at 12:25 AM
Geoffrey:
Great image. The mushrooms are shape with good detail. The golden reflected light shows off the subject nicely. Well done. :toast:
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Moats on September 28, 2010 at 6:57 AM
Hey Geoffrey, very nice little family of shrooms. Good details and comp.

To all our macro contribitors, our image comments have been up lately, and I would like to thank all those who have been taking the time to comment on images. Thanks and keep em coming
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