IAIN TURNBULL PHOTOGRAPHY
  • About
  • Portfolio
    • Landscape
    • Black & White
    • Buildings & Architecture
    • Birds
    • Macro
    • Miscellaneous
    • Photo Painting
  • Sales
  • Photography Blog
  • Contact
  • About
  • Portfolio
    • Landscape
    • Black & White
    • Buildings & Architecture
    • Birds
    • Macro
    • Miscellaneous
    • Photo Painting
  • Sales
  • Photography Blog
  • Contact
Picture

Photography Blog

Tiny Toadstools

16/9/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
Tiny Toadstool 1 (Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG Marco lens, ISO 100, 1/2 sec at f/2.8, diffused fill flash on left, tripod)
When I was out for a walk with the dogs round the woods today I spotted a tiny toadstool growing on an old pine tree and immediately thought I needed to return with the camera kit to get some macro shots of it, before it passed its best.  On returning I discoved that there were a few others in more accessible positions so I had a choice of subjects to choose between.  This first shot was illuminated from the left by a bit of soft, diffused fill flash as the area was in deep shade from the surrounding trees.  I opted for the largest aperture of the lens to really focus in on the toadstool and blur out as much of the surrounding area as possible.  The next shot is the same toadstool taken using a longer exposure with no flash  and a smaller aperture.  I have not cropped this one so you can see its context a bit better.
Picture
Tiny Toadstool 2 (Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG Marco lens, ISO 100, 6 sec at f/8, tripod)
The first one I saw was just above head height on the stem of the old pine tree and really difficult to get anywhere near with the macro lens on a tripod.  I resorted to using the tripod at its full extension as a monopod and using Live View swayed the camera in and out of focus on the toadstool trying to get a sharp image.  This was actually the first shot I took and it was the sharpest, that is not normally the way it works.  I did use the fill flash on this one, slightly off to the right this time.
Picture
Tiny Toadstool 3 (Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG Marco lens, ISO 100, 1/100 sec at f/8, diffused fill flash on right, monopod)
The final subject was the largest, about twice the size of the first one, and much more accessible so I used the tripod, fill flash again and a variety of shutter speeds and apertures to try and get the sharpest result with a nice soft background.  Given this one's size I opted for a smaller aperture and a bit more direct flash but the lower section of the stem was still way out of focus and added nothing to the shot so I like it better cropped square witht he focus on the head.
Picture
Tiny Toadstool 4 (Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG Marco lens, ISO 100, 1/200 sec at f/11, diffused fill flash on left, tripod)
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Author

    I am an amateur photographer who is also a Chartered Geographer with his own part-time consultancy business and I work as an estate manager for a national conservation charity in Scotland.  I am based in Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Scotland, just next to the Isle of Skye.

    Sales

    If you like my photos and are interested in purchasing prints, whether framed, mounted or otherwise please click here.

    Archives

    May 2025
    April 2025
    January 2025
    August 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    July 2023
    May 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly