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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Chris Calohan on April 03, 2013, 02:30:43 pm

Title: Mushroom Tinder Fungus -Phellinus robustus
Post by: Chris Calohan on April 03, 2013, 02:30:43 pm

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8393/8616983560_098d83123a_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Mushroom Tinder Fungus -Phellinus robustus
Post by: Chris Calohan on April 04, 2013, 04:52:11 pm

Why doesn't anybody like my fungi?

Title: Re: Mushroom Tinder Fungus -Phellinus robustus
Post by: John R on April 04, 2013, 05:39:26 pm

I think it is a good composition, which would have been made better if the background was rendered soft with a more minimal depth of field. When I shoot flowers or other plants and the scene or background is busy, I always try for a soft bokeh. It is more difficult than people think, It is, more often than not, a compromise, due to the inherent limited DOF. I also try to vary the focus point, because trying to see the true range of sharp focus through a dark prism, is very difficult.

JMR

Title: Re: Mushroom Tinder Fungus -Phellinus robustus
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 04, 2013, 05:42:59 pm

Quote from: Chris Calohan on April 04, 2013, 04:52:11 pm

Why doesn't anybody like my fungi?

Perhaps because it does not seem to rise above a documentary, textbook-illustration type of shot?

Title: Re: Mushroom Tinder Fungus -Phellinus robustus
Post by: Chris Calohan on April 04, 2013, 07:48:05 pm

Ok.

Title: Re: Mushroom Tinder Fungus -Phellinus robustus
Post by: sdwilsonsct on April 05, 2013, 08:54:03 am

Flower and vegetation shots generally get the same kinds of responses (but see Julian's unusual and striking images). Put a bird or mammal in the centre and you get more attention.