Along with the orchids, photography is one of my main hobbies, which I actually got into thanks to the orchids. As I like to say, one expensive hobby spawned another even more expensive hobby, but unlike the plants photography equipement doesn't die as often!
I enjoy taking photos of mushrooms every fall in my local forest, and this year I decided to go off the beaten track and produce some photos that aren't as run of the mill.
And while I like taking photos of the hugely popular
Amanita muscaria I decided to do my photo experiments with a small and plain looking species which catches and diffuses light beautifully.
For the small mushrooms, I used a pair of small flashlights to light up the mushrooms, and my phone flashlight to provide some soft, warmer toned light. My goal was to do most of my 'editing' in camera, and very little post processing in Lightroom. The result was the little dull colored mushrooms radiated the flashlight beams beatifully.
I also took some more 'standard' photos of other species.
Mucida oudemansiella
Others I haven't identified yet:
And no, I don't pick any of the edible types, I don't particularily like the taste of mushrooms!
Some mushroom photos
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