Orange Birch Boletus

Taken on Sunday whilst out with PhilH and Julian. There were a few interesting comments whilst viewing this from certain angles But I have decided to post a 'decent' version so as to keep the comments clean

It is the first time these seem to have been found at this site, to my knowledge, so I was pleased.

I cloned out an offensive twig on the rhs, and piece of moss on the left of the shroom.

Fran

40D
Av(Aperture Value)
F16
Metering Modes
Spot
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
400
Lens
EF300mm f/4L IS USM
Focal Length
300.0 mm

Interesting looking shroom! Great shot!. Looks like a little gnome could live in there, complete with its own little window!

Hi Fran

Looking at it I feel that it might be a little too central and perhaps giving it a bit more contrast to give it that 'punch' factor might help? I like the diffused BG as it isolates the subject well. Might shave a tad more off the top as there is too much 'dead' space above IMHO. Perhaps next time try f/22 on these kinds of subjects and a little querky angle perhaps, as its always good to experiment.

Steve

Lovely image with a nice background. I Agree with Steve about the cropping suggestion.

Not saying anything either, does need a little decentralising (is that a word?) it was a super looking shroom...

Thanks all.

Thanks to Steve and Phil for the advice and info. I have corrected the title Phil (have you found your book yet?), as usual I couldn't remember

I seem to have issues with the saturation etc on upload again, the original has a lot more punch, something I must get sorted very soon!

Fran

Nit covered a fasinating looking specimen. The stalk seems to have a little face A nice foreground and background.

It looks like a less than perfect specimen but it works. As suggested a bit more contrast.

Major.

Looks good. Agree with Majors comments about contrast. Really nice composition and detail.

Ian

Great stuff Fran.
I have to ask- was it growing like this or placed in the moss ?. I never seem to find them growing in a nice situation like this. It does remind me of something at my age - can't think what at the moment.

Cheers
JohnR

Fran are you loading direct from your HD or from another source ie Flickr? If it's from an ext source that might be the issue

Steve

Nicely isolated. I think I may have been tempted to remove the dead leaf from directly in front. The crop as it is would work well for a cover image (is there a Fungi Weekly out there ?) but for pictorial use I'd go along with Steves suggestions.
Robert.

Nice one Fran, agree re a lift in contrast.

Andy...

Thanks once again all.

John...the boletus was growing within the moss. At this site it is very damp and therefore I am fortunate enough to have many shrooms growing in more than ideal situations. It is an old gravel pit,and sandy in places too. Where the pits were dug, large mounds of sandy soil have been left under trees, which lends itself to a perfect environment for both the shrooms and moss alike after the rains.

Steve....I upload direct from my HD, but I think my problem lies with settings in CS4. I shall have to devote an evening to sorting things out. I am not very clever in that department but will give it a whirl very soon. Thanks for your concern.

As always, all your help and suggestions have been taken on board. Many Thanks

Fran

Nice specimen Fran, your problem with saturation is down to the colourspace of the image it is in RGB when you need to upload in sRGB. Easily changed in PS.

Regards
Terry.