Baby Mushroom

an unusaully phallic mushroom. i find it comical

Yeah, I love it.....this is stuff I like to rate...good job.

Nicely done. The green leave doens't seem to help, though. Have you tried using a polarizer on these things? It may help reduce glare and intensify the color of the mushroom's head.

Patrick

I appreciate your suggestion to use a polarizer. I'm not sureit would have improved this image. Seems to me, in overcast lighting,a polarizer can sometimes reduce color saturation. Also, a polarizercan cut back on light by over two stops and depth of field isalready a bit shallow in macro mode when my Coolpix 990 is usedin low light. I did not use a tripod for this image so I couldnot stop down.. I had the camera in both hands braced on the ground.Next time shooting mushrooms on the ground, I'll let go of thecamera and use the self timer eliminate shake. I was able to composethe shot easily because the Coolpix990 has a swivel which allows the LCD to be viewed from abovewhen the camera is on the ground. It keeps my face out of thedirt.

A polarizer is great for enhancing colors and reducing reflectionsin the right situation. In thisimage, a polarizer was used.

I might have cropped the image in a bit, but I do like the mushroom a lot.

Comments along with ratings appreciated.

This is the best 'shroom pic I've seen. I like the brown cap on the mushroom. It's a nice tone. The green leaf does detract slightly.

 

David.