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18 Comments | Report
gldosa PRO+
 
gldosa October 14, 2015
Beautiful phototure. What post processing did you do if any to get the beautiful colours?
SteeleBirdie PRO+
SteeleBirdie October 15, 2015
Thank you so much! The colours were pretty much already there. I just upped the saturation a little in Snapseed on my iPad.
bookibug
 
bookibug October 16, 2015
Really am amazed at this photo! Never heard of Snapseed, but I'm going to check it out.
Smiffy
 
Smiffy October 23, 2015
I love your creativity - it's a beautiful fungi portrait, Eileen
debrasmatthews PRO
 
debrasmatthews November 03, 2015
My thoughts exactly!!! I have a fairy glen nearby.
nandicmb
 
nandicmb November 04, 2015
Congratulations on your Contest Finalist win in Pretty Everyday Things Photo Contest!
millygallik
 
millygallik November 08, 2015
Joining the crowd to comment on your excellent picture....there are a lot of excellent pics here and so it's really exceptional to be moved to stop and comment :)
LindaMeets
 
LindaMeets April 16, 2016
Magical :)
Phillip-Hines-Photography
 
Phillip-Hines-Photography April 17, 2016
Looks awesome
fabs
 
fabs May 05, 2016
love it! beautiful capture! congratulations! :) voted
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots May 11, 2016
Gorgeous capture! Congrats.
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catherinethompson November 01, 2016
Beautiful. Nice work.
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brianbaitystudio July 19, 2017
i have a challenge you may like
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Manon-M February 12, 2018
Wow the colors a beautiful
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sjorgensen February 28, 2018
Cool colors and lighting
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henemark99 April 19, 2018
Stunning,very inspirational
DaneMac
 
DaneMac April 23, 2018
Very nice! Really gets the imagination going
DrB76
 
DrB76 May 09, 2018
Amazing picture.
cmorisset PRO+
 
cmorisset Feb 04
Beautiful light.
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Behind The Lens

Location

I was at my sister's house and had to pop back to my car to get something. I noticed the sun shining through a clump of toadstools in her front garden and went to grab my camera instead of whatever it was I was supposed to be getting!

Time

It was taken at 3.47pm at the end of August.

Lighting

I didn't need to do anything about the light, it was naturally beautiful and caught the toadstool perfectly.

Equipment

I used a macro lens on my favourite camera - A Sony SLT-A55-V

Inspiration

I generally take my camera wherever I go as unexpected opportunities often arise. I hadn't expected to take a mushroom shot that day but as soon as I noticed the light, it was a given.

Editing

I uploaded it to my iPad and used Snapseed to boost the saturation.

In my camera bag

I like to carry my camera body, a 35-55 lens and a 70 - 300 lens and a 35mm macro lens too.

Feedback

I would just advise anyone to take their camera with them whenever they can. I have missed a multitude of opportunities through simply forgetting to take mine with me and have caught many a shot because I remembered it - this is one of them.

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