Fabulous Fungi

[pakodominguez]

This is from the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, a couple of weeks ago. NEX5 + Sigma 24mm f2.8 macro


pakodominguez, on Flickr

[Birma]

Nice fungi Pako - I like the colour and lighting

[Birma]

Common Puffballs (I think) before they lose their rough covering.


2012 Piper's Hill - Common Puffball by Birm, on Flickr

Nex 5 with Tamron 60/2 on LA-EA2 adapter.

[Dr. Harout]

Birma is back! I like the shot. Even in the white areas the details are rich.

[Marcell Nikolausz]

I realized why I really like to take mushroom pictures. Even in strong wind you don't have to be afraid of unsharp pictures due to subject movement. If the mushrooms are mooving, it's better to find a shelter.
My recent photos using nex-5, kit lens + marumi achromat and twin-flash (DIY adapter)






Cheers

Marcell

[Dr. Harout]

Wooooow. Awesome.

[Marcell Nikolausz]

Yesterday I went again to a local park but it was too dry. Nevertheless I found some nice Amanita muscaria. I started with macro but later changed to 16mm+fisheye adapter. The twin flash worked surprisingly good and it was absolutely necessary to enhance the subject:





I found the 16mm pancake + fisheye adapter absolutely perfect. The resolution is very good. This is a crop from the above image without resizing:


Cheers

Marcell

[Ken M]

Great pictures!! Been too dry here to get any to grow... Minnesota desert.

[Ken M]

Not exciting but it is all I got.

[Birma]

Birma is back! I like the shot. Even in the white areas the details are rich.

Thanks Doc

Wonderful detail and lighting as always Marcell. I am also a big fan of this little lens

I can almost hear the crackle of those dry leaves Ken

[Marcell Nikolausz]

Still experimenting with the twin-flash adapter but now with macro (close-ups):
extreme side lighting:

Softened light:

From below:

[Birma]

Lovely detail Marcell - I preferred the lighter backgrounds in your earlier posts though.

[Marcell Nikolausz]

Lovely detail Marcell - I preferred the lighter backgrounds in your earlier posts though.

Hi Birma,

I'm still experimenting with lighter background but here it was not so nice (to busy). I'm rhinking that blue sky as negative background would be fine.

Marcell

[Dr. Harout]

Marcell, I have a "private" question, if you don't mind.
I'm quite sure you roll on the soil to get those shots, so,... who does the laundry?

[Marcell Nikolausz]

Marcell, I have a "private" question, if you don't mind.
I'm quite sure you roll on the soil to get those shots, so,... who does the laundry?

I have a "self-cleaning phototrousers" but when it's really dirty, my wife helps doing the loundry. By the way the flip up LCD of the nex-5 helps a lot not to be dirty.