Mushrooms
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Location
I took this photo at the side of a trail in Rathtrevor Provincial Park, British Columbia.Time
I took this photo in the middle/late afternoon in October a couple of years ago now (2016). I remember that the angle of the light through the trees caught these mushrooms on the log perfectly and the light was broken up by the leaves overhead as I shot upwards from under the mushrooms.Lighting
As I recall, the natural lighting was late afternoon (October), and nicely broken up by the leaf cover overhead. My flash was on auto, and used to light up the underside of the mushrooms a bit more.Equipment
The camera I used for this photo is a Nikon D3100 and an 18-55 mm lens. For this one, I was getting down on the ground to look up under the mushrooms, so I didn't need any other equipment.Inspiration
I'd been seeing a lot of truly spectacular mushroom photos here on ViewBug and began looking around for opportunities to attempt taking my own photos.Editing
I did do some photo-editing after the fact with this photo, mostly just brightening things up a bit through the NIK filters to heighten the effects of the light.In my camera bag
When I took this photo I was using my husband's D3100 with the 18-55 mm kit lens. Also in that bag is a 55-300 mm zoom lens. My normal camera bag has a Nikon D7100, an 18-55 mm lens, 35 mm prime lens (which I'm finding I use more and more often these days. Honestly, that surprises me even now, as I'd bought it for mostly low-light situations, figuring that I'd be using the 18-55 mm lens more often), 28-200 mm Tamron lens and the big lens in it's own case: 80-400 mm of zoom power for catching birds and other wild-life.Feedback
For mushrooms, flowers and other low plant-life, don't worry about getting dirty. I've found for these photos my knees and elbows are going to be down in the dirt or the grass so I can get the camera low enough. I haven't quite reached the point of lying down across the path fully yet, but I've gotten pretty close! With other mushroom photos I've sometimes used the flashlight on my phone as a secondary external light source, provided I'm in a position I can hold the camera steady enough with just one hand and still take an in-focus photo.
