Mushrooms

Gallery: FloraPosted February 24, 2013102 views11 comments

I loved these little guys. I can just picture a leprechuan playing peekaboo with me. I like the random blades of grass to add a bit of interest. I tried some spot healing(?) to take care of some light blurry spots in the FG. Was it enough? Is it obvious? Another attack instead? Thanks!

Nikon D90, 70-200mm VR

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11 comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on February 24, 2013 at 8:29 PM

The profusion of delicate growth has a whimsical feel. Then along comes these two massive solidly built granite like structures. A neat contrast betweenn the two and you captured it beautifully. Way to go! I think I would leave the FG as it was shot because as shown it does look manipulated.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 24, 2013 at 8:40 PM

Christine: Great POV and brilliant DOF management IMO. I'm ambivalent about the FG and may not have noticed it without your mention. Two thumbs up. >=))>

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Comment posted by Christine Adams on February 24, 2013 at 8:46 PM

Here is the unhealed image. How best to deal with the white part of the FG? I can't crop it out without losing the bases of the mushrooms. Ah, maybe crop out the whole right side? That might be too much though.

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Comment posted by Jess Williams on February 25, 2013 at 12:09 AM

Hi Chris,

This is such a wonderful image! As for dealing with the foreground, I would try cloning or use the patch tool. You have enough blurry foreground to use as the base that it should work out just fine.

Registered on February 15, 2013, 17 Posts, 53 Comments

Comment posted by Chris Grabski on February 25, 2013 at 7:33 AM

I like both versions. The mushrooms are beautiful in a kind of 3D image.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on February 25, 2013 at 10:10 AM

The random blades of grass do add a lot of interest for me, Christine - and I like the shot very much. The lighting looks fine too.and the composition is perfect.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 25, 2013 at 1:59 PM

Great comp and colors, Chris. The spot healing is not obvious to me.

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on February 25, 2013 at 6:28 PM

I like this as is....and could not really see the difference between the two! I also like the composition....I wouldn't crop anything off...love the cute mushrooms & all the stray blades of grass!

Registered on December 13, 2011, 216 Posts, 1671 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on February 25, 2013 at 9:39 PM

Excellent image, Chris. Great job getting this perspective. The original post looks very good to me.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 26, 2013 at 10:47 PM

Hi Christine

A beautiful scene well captured. the spot healing worked well for me, the blur above the large schroom could also be removed

Albert Darmo

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Yun Gao on February 28, 2013 at 11:06 PM

Hi Christine, these mushrooms are lovely. I like the low angle and colors. I did not notice the blur in the FG in your first version.

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