It's a Mushroom!

jake337 · Sep 29, 2011

How close were you or how large were these mushrooms? I'm trying to understand how you got this deep DOF at such a close distance. I don't mind the foreground grass at all. I wish the tree on the left wasn't there. I don't think you could have gotten the same angle with all three shrooms and not have the tree visible though.

cgipson1 · Sep 29, 2011

Jake... WA or UWA lenses gives that perspective! Not sure what H4X1MA was using.. no Exif data in the photo. but probably 14 to 20 mm lens... just guessing.

H4X1MA · Sep 29, 2011

jake337 said:
How close were you or how large were these mushrooms? I'm trying to understand how you got this deep DOF at such a close distance. I don't mind the foreground grass at all. I wish the tree on the left wasn't there. I don't think you could have gotten the same angle with all three shrooms and not have the tree visible though.

CG is right on the wide angle, but these things were huge, probably 6" tall or so.

Here's the info from the original:

NIKON D3100
1/160 sec
f/14
ISO 100
Sigma 8-16mm @ 16mm

PatrickJamesYu · Sep 30, 2011

I don't think I've seen shrooms that big here in Cali.

They look epic.

Ship them here. haha jk.

MTVision · Sep 30, 2011

PatrickJamesYu said:
I don't think I've seen shrooms that big here in Cali.

They look epic.

Ship them here. haha jk.

I live in the same state as the OP and I've never seen shrooms that big either!!

thomas30 · Sep 30, 2011

This is the first time, I am seeing the photography of Mushroom. Anyway, I liked your shot. Hope some new shots from you very soon.

H4X1MA · Sep 30, 2011

MTVision said:
PatrickJamesYu said:

I don't think I've seen shrooms that big here in Cali.

They look epic.

Ship them here. haha jk.

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I live in the same state as the OP and I've never seen shrooms that big either!!

Should I mention that I took this just over the border in NY :$

shortpants · Sep 30, 2011

Neat shot, I like the perspective, my only nitpick is some fill light. I really want to find some of those mushrooms now! Someone posted one on my facebook this morning, I've never seen one like that. I love mushrooms. No, not the magic kind, that ship sailed a long time ago!

bazooka · Sep 30, 2011

Looks like I'm the oddball here.... I like the subject and the repetition with the other two shrooms, but the framing really bothers me. I wish you had gotten closer to the ground and had the main shroom rise up further into the frame, putting the horizon lower. I do like that the background is oof and the back/side light really reveals the unique texture. I agree that a reflector would have been nice to add some fill light on it. It's a bit too dark for me.