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Something completely different again today. Two weeks ago, I bought a nearly new Tamron 70-300 macro lens (at a whopping £60, it is my most expensive lens yet!). I realised today that I still hadn't used it, so here's my first attempt. The lens is definitely an improvement on my rather fuzzy sigma 70-300.
To keep the background dim, the mushrooms were "light painted" with a narrow beam, using a very low iso and 4 second exposure (almost sounds like I know what I'm talking about doesn't it!
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Please do comment and critique as you see fit. I'm thinking of entering it at the club, so would appreciate your input.
| Brand: | Canon |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 5D |
| Lens: | Tamron 70-300  Check out Totally Tamron! |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 3 Feb 2013 - 1:49 PM |
| Focal Length: | 192mm |
| Aperture: | f/38.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 4sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -2.0 |
| ISO: | 50 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Spot |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| Title: | Three mushrooms |
| Username: | 
p12owe |
| Uploaded: | 3 Feb 2013 - 4:14 PM |
| Tags: | Close-up / macro, Light painting, Macro, Mushrooms |
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| Votes: | 38 |
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Quote: Nice Image - I like it! No Idea what specie!!
Tonyng spotted the species! They are shiitake, a very tasty mushroom originally from Asia, quite easily grown on logs here in the UK, but don't think you'd find many growing wild... These will be ex-mushrooms in a few minutes, cheese and mushroom omelette... Mmmmmm...
Peter I think this is an amazing fungii image.
We have a fungi expert in our club and his images look lit like this.
I love the little grass stalks with droplets also.
A beautifully composed trio. I love it.
Good luck in competition and let us know how you ger on.
Kate
I think it is a wonderful image, and should do well at your camera club, wonderful lighting and composition.
One minor point that is easily remedied, clone out the highlight in the left mushroom reducing the opacity to about 40%, i think it would improve the image as my eye is drawn to it straight away, you do need the highlight but reduce the intensity.
Hope you except this as constructive critique, it is something that i think the judges would pick up.
Well done, and good luck with your entry.
Darryl. 
Quote: I think it is a wonderful image, and should do well at your camera club, wonderful lighting and composition.
One minor point that is easily remedied, clone out the highlight in the left mushroom reducing the opacity to about 40%, i think it would improve the image as my eye is drawn to it straight away, you do need the highlight but reduce the intensity.
Hope you except this as constructive critique, it is something that i think the judges would pick up.
Well done, and good luck with your entry.
Darryl.
Thanks Darryl.. You are quite right, I kept looking at it yesterday, thinking the same... consider it done!
Quote: No problem, i enter a few camera club competitions myself and i know how what judges are liable to pick up on, good luck.
Darryl.
Thanks, I might need it.... I'm leading by two points at the moment, but it's an uphill struggle against the serious wildlife toggers who always get nines and tens!
Hi, again, please find modification to your image, i hope you think it is a minor improvement. Cloned the area of highlight 81% opacity and added a little extra light to the mushrooms, very small amount to the edge and side of the stork.
good luck.
Darryl.
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