Fairy Tales Mushrooms
Amanita Muscaria thriving in a corner of the garden.
Amanita Muscaria thriving in a corner of the garden.
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Location
My partner's parents were from Sweden. These mushrooms were growing in their garden, just behind the garage.Time
It was about 3.30pm and I was walking about the garden looking for edible mushrooms to pick for dinner (found none), when behind the garage I came across a patch full of these red toadstools.Lighting
Natural light, no flash (even if this corner was a bit in the shadow). I just tried to capture the light typical of the Scandinavian autumn. I didn't think too much about technicalities; I just wanted the two mushroom to stand out against the background, so I opened the diafragm to the max, focused on the mushroom in the foreground and released the shutter.Equipment
I'm not a professional, hence my equipment is pretty basic. The camera is a compact Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ80 equipped with a 4.3 - 129mm (24 - 720mm in 35mm equivalent in 4:3) lens. As I mentioned, for this photo I didn't use neither a flash light nor a tripod.Inspiration
These mushrooms were so perfect that they looked unreal; it was like they just popped out from a picture in a fairy tale book.Editing
I didn't do a lot of post-processing. I just made the red slightly more vibrant, corrected the contrast, lightened the dark areas, and sharpened the image a little bit.In my camera bag
As I mentioned, I'm not a pro; I have the camera in my pocket and that's about it (sometimes a tripod).Feedback
The light in Scandinavia is very special. From May/June all the way into September the days are very long (depending how far north one is they could be 24hrs long). Sometimes in summer it feels like being in Magritte's (L'Empire des lumières) painting, with the sky bright blue and the rest of the environment completely dark.
