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Small mushrooms found in the forest, used led-light to lighten them a little bit up.
This image was chosen by Zoom.nl to appear in their magazine 9 2014 o...
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Small mushrooms found in the forest, used led-light to lighten them a little bit up.
This image was chosen by Zoom.nl to appear in their magazine 9 2014 on page 42; a special on photography during autumn.
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5 Comments | Report
galeryann
 
galeryann October 18, 2014
Beautiful light and composition
tinekeziemer
 
tinekeziemer November 03, 2014
beautiful glowy light!
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots December 08, 2014
Great capture! Congrats.
jamesololo
 
jamesololo December 03, 2016
Just stunning ! One would think its a studio image. Thanks Jacques Willems.
tetvet PRO+
 
tetvet December 26, 2018
great shot, nice light and colors
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Behind The Lens

Location

The photo was taken is a forest nearby during autumn. Everything was covered with a thick carpet of leafs. Gently putting leafs aside I found this mushroom on a hillside between the trees.

Time

In the late afternoon there was no much light in the forest.

Lighting

As there was not much natural light available, I used a torchlight to lighten the mushroom from below to let it look as they were giving light as lanterns.

Equipment

My old Canon EOS 30D was still in use. Lens was a Canon EF 100mm F/2.8 USM. I used a tripod low by the ground. Torchlight was a small Led-light, no brand-name.

Inspiration

This image was chosen by Zoom.nl to appear in their magazine 9 2014 on page 42; a special on photography during autumn.

Editing

I used PS to darken the surrounding and to brighten the mushrooms. I remember that I corrected the colour also.

In my camera bag

That time I walked around with one camera and one lens. Nowadays 1 till 3 cameras: Canon EOS 5D Mk III, Canon EOS 7D Mk II, Sony Rx 100 I and 1 till 4 lenses: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L iS USM, Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, Canon MP-E 65mm F/2.8, M42 or other lenses, flashlight, macro-flashlight, led-light, reflector, tripod, filters, ... all depending the situation.

Feedback

Most important have your camera with you and at least an additional light source, even your phone can give you some light. Take your time, and look to you subject from different angles, try it without and with light from several positions. Good luck!

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