Mushrooms
As promissed (see Sissie's blog), here are some mushrooms that I shot at Point Lobos in December 05. I had an opportunity to spend a couple of hours alone with my D50 camera, a Nikon 60mm Macro and a couple of tripods, one small enough to position the camera at ground level.
I take flower photos for years, but this is my first attmpt at mushrooms. Unlike flowers, mushrooms grow very close to the ground, often hidden between leaves, and only in dark areas.
I don't know mushroom names, however these bellow are very tiny ones. These mushrooms are smaller than a fingernail, 1.5" tall, and their stems are thin as a pine needle, many of which are shown in the background. On my laptop screen they appear in this little image in natural size. I had to wait for the clouds to open to get this sun light.
The truth is, i never intended to shoot mushrooms. I went there to catch big waves. Like this one. The middle rock is about 30-40 feet high above the water. A wave like that comes once in every 20-30 minutes. The camera was mounted on the tripod, in manual-everything mode. The camera's wireless remote control was very handy to shoot a sequence of frames when the wave arrived.
Oh, I almost forgot - this is a running blog, not my photo album ! Did I mention that I also ran around the Point Lobos park ? in shorts and running shoes, without my camera. It's a very scenic one hour run !
Arnon
posted by Arnon @ 4:58 PM
2 Comments:
These are really beautiful pictures, Arnon. The light is really good - subdued and calming. Thanks for letting us sample your work.
Really nice pictures!
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