Underneath a mushroom
Just a picture of a mushroom taken using a torch, blue filter and a macro lens. No photoshop here. :)
Just a picture of a mushroom taken using a torch, blue filter and a macro lens. No photoshop here. :)
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Location
This photo was taken on my dining room table. The mushroom was pulled from my front lawn and it was tiny but I noticed that the underneath would make a good photo so I took it inside, placed it on my dining room table and took a photo of it.Time
The photo was taken late evening as it was dark outside but this didn't matter to me as I took the photo inside my house.Lighting
After taking a few shots with a flash, I wasn't getting the results I wanted so I got my torch and a blue filter and held the filter in front of the torch and shined the torch at the mushroom. I did this with different coloured filters but the blue one turned out the best.Equipment
At the time I only had Canon 300d and Nikon D90 and my friend lent me his Canon macro lens. I had no choice but to use the Canon 300d for this shot and even though the camera is old, the picture turned out great.Inspiration
I love macro photography as you can make even the most boring thing interesting. I've seen a lot of photos of mushrooms but never anything like the one I've done.Editing
I do on most of my images but on this one I haven't done anything. I don't think it needed anything doing to it to be honest. Normally I would use Lightroom and Photoshop but only for lens correction, de-haze and for creating HDR images. Some of my macro shots have been focus stacked so I use Photoshop for that.In my camera bag
In my camera bag, I have my Nikon D7200, 18-140mm Nikon Lens, 105mm Sigma f2.8 Macro Lens, 35mm f1.8 Nikon Lens and a 10-20mm f3.5 Sigma Wide Angle Lens. I also have (on-loan from a family member) a Nikon D800 with a 28-300mm Lens. I've also got a variety of filters, from coloured ones to different grades of neutral density. Whenever I'm shooting at the moment and I'm not shooting macro, the wide angle lens is probably my favourite.Feedback
I'm no professional and I probably would class myself as a beginner/low end of the amateur scale but the only advice I can give anyone is to keep practising and learn the features of your camera and try them out to see the difference in your shots. I've watched countless youtube videos on photography and I've learnt a lot of the past 12 months.
