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Erland R.N.
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Mushroom in waterdrop

Post by Erland R.N. »

Two months ago I had a real eye-opening photographic experience.

I always search for mushrooms as photographic subjects when the insects start to disappear in autumn. When I find two in line, I take pictures with one in focus, and the second blurred in the background.

But this was something speciel, which really got me exited when I discovered it:

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5D, sigma 180, 360 mm, iso400, f/45, 1/12 s, uncropped.

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Crop of the picture above.

Here is what I originally thought I was lying on the ground for. Surely I had to move closer and add the tele-converter, when I realised I could see one mushroom in the waterdrop hanging on the other.
I had to use this small apperture of f/45, or the edge of the nearest mushroom would get so blurred that the drop would nearly be hidden.
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5D, sigma 180, 180 mm, iso 200, f/9, 1/400 s, uncropped.

Hope at least some of my exitement over this finding will reach you :-)

cheers
Erland

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Post by Ken Ramos »

Absolutely grand! :o And look at those reds in the British Soldiers in the last image, they are so sharp. Excellent Erland! :smt023

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Post by Bruce Williams »

Truly amazing photos Erland ...and is that some sort of scarlet headed lichen at the base of the mushroom in pic 3?
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Post by beetleman »

All three are really fantastic Erland. =P~ great job on all of them (you can see I am drooling) And the third one is great with the lichens and fungi together. Super job on these :smt023
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Post by Bruce Williams »

...you answered my question Ken (British soldiers) - Bruce

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Bruce replied:
...you answered my question Ken (British soldiers)
Hey no problem. :wink:

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Post by Macro Beauty »

:smt038 Awestruck!!! That is one of the most beautiful photos I have ever seen!!! Wow!
Some of the most beautiful things come in very small packages.

Gordon C. Snelling
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Post by Gordon C. Snelling »

Totally cool

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Post by MacroLuv »

Marvelous! Outstanding! :D :smt023
And this is not just ordinary reflection (mirror) effect but lens effect. The picture inside drop is upside down!
The waterdrop served as lens.
Last edited by MacroLuv on Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:18 am, edited 1 time in total.
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P.S.
Noticing of my "a" and "the" and other grammar
errors are welcome. :D

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Post by Erland R.N. »

Thank you everybody for comments, and thanks to Ken for spotting the British soldiers, did not know the name of these.

Erland

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