Posted by Fran French on October 5, 2009 at 1:37 AM
Whilst many of you were chasing various forms of animal life, I decided I would get down and dirty on the forest floor this weekend with the fungi that seems to be sprouting up everywhere since the little drop of rain on Saturday night.
Lovely shot, Fran. The low point of view is very nice.
Posted by David Sewell on October 5, 2009 at 3:57 AM
Yes, the low POV and the good control of depth of field combine to make a great shot.
David
Posted by Jeroen Stel on October 5, 2009 at 5:33 AM
Wonderful autumn feel to this shot and the low POV works well here.
You might try to town down the yellow "spots" in the (leftside) BG and FG just a bit. to draw the eye more to the fungus.
Posted by Mark Davies on October 5, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Hi Fran , its a nice POV and well taken apart from the fussy BG .Mush in the FG is fine by me but perhaps some selective leaf placement or replacement would have been good in the BG .
Posted by Brett Lewis on October 5, 2009 at 9:07 AM
And so it begins... Wondered who would be first to start the ball rolling with Fungi and you did it well Fran.. Nice fresh specimen. A little bit of 'gardening' and dusting would have polished off the picture but I still like it how it is since that's how you found it..
Brett
Posted by Fran French on October 5, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Thanks all, your comments are much appreciated.
I agree about the odd couple of yellow leaves being a bit of a distraction, but was happy with the rest of the b/g etc., as that was the way it was. I feel sure that the odd bit of dirt on the shroom may trouble some, but again, that's how it was....newly emerged dirt and all
Hi Fran, Lovely shot with this low PoV. I allready spotted them overhere too. Hope I have some time soon to go down to the lowest level of photography :)
Posted by Tim Taylor on October 6, 2009 at 3:18 AM
You've found a fine specimen of fungushood there Fran. One thing that alsways strikes me about these is how they leap out at you from the Autumnal forest floor. It might be interesting to try a shot with this much smaller in the frame to see if you can catch that effect in a different way. This is excellent as is though.
Tim
Posted by John Robinson on October 8, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Nice one Fran
Just that yellow blob on the left
Cheers
John
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13 repliesThanks for viewing.
Fran
40D,300 +1.4 t/c
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1/15Sec.
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F10
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-1
ISO Speed
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David
You might try to town down the yellow "spots" in the (leftside) BG and FG just a bit. to draw the eye more to the fungus.
Well done!
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Otherwise a very nice shot, well seen and executed.
Brett
I agree about the odd couple of yellow leaves being a bit of a distraction, but was happy with the rest of the b/g etc., as that was the way it was. I feel sure that the odd bit of dirt on the shroom may trouble some, but again, that's how it was....newly emerged dirt and all
Brett, it makes a change for me to be first
Best wishes to all,
Fran
Tim
Just that yellow blob on the left
Cheers
John
KBan