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Which Board? => Main Forum => : LT October 21, 2012, 12:55:51 PM
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8044/8108373733_f54ff62a56_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leontaylor/8108373733/)
parasol (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leontaylor/8108373733/#) by LeonTaylor27 (http://www.flickr.com/people/leontaylor/), on Flickr
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8332/8108373131_18d0a777b4_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leontaylor/8108373131/)
fly agaric (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leontaylor/8108373131/#) by LeonTaylor27 (http://www.flickr.com/people/leontaylor/), on Flickr
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8048/8108382794_b76f9b39ea_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leontaylor/8108382794/)
magpie inkaps (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leontaylor/8108382794/#) by LeonTaylor27 (http://www.flickr.com/people/leontaylor/), on Flickr
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you go leon!!! these are looking just dreamy~ loving the slight warm tone going on too.
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Oh finally. Awesome shots! Maybe the book comes out this year? ;)
Urban
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I'm happy you finally found some time to go mushroom picking ;)
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Utterly fantastic images Leon you can almost reach out and touch them.
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Fantastic images. Thought of you when I saw some fungi in the castle grounds the other day. Thought about snapping them up but they were not moving fast enough for me.
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These are GORGEOUS! I love everything about them! Do you mind sharing your technique? How did you get the selective focus the way you did?
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Damn! These are delightful, Leon. So glad that you fond the time to get out.
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These are beautiful, Leon. May I ask what camera and lens you used?
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thanks all. It's good to get out with the camera. FIrst time since June, and first time with the Bronica since last Autumn.
Tech details for those interested:
1. camera: Bronica SQAi
2. lens: standard 80mm
3. filters: +2 or +4 close ups
4. film: HP5+
5. developer: pyrocat HD
6. Exposure: Battery dead in light meter so mostly wild guesses - not recorded.
7. Accessories: 8x loupe for focusing, plastic bag to kneel on (avoids muddy knees), swiss army knife to trim surrounding vegetation, air blower bulb to remove any extraneous detritus or flies/ maggots from the 'shrooms, spare battery for light meter (to avoid #6 above), wife to locate new subjects while you are taking the pictures, dog to run about madly and scare off any particularly threatening squirrels.
Deborah - the focus is just down to getting in close and using a good quality loupe on the GG for critical focus placement. I tend to extend the lens to the maximum and then move the camera to focus.
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Lovely.. and yummy! 8)
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Threatening squirrels.. ;D
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That must have been quite a scene :)
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Fabulous set. Love the "Fly Agaric" best, though, as the blurry bits fore and aft are just bokeh-licious.
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These are great! Love the low angle shots. Makes them look so big in the scene.
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FANTASTIC captures, Leon! I love your mushroom portraits; they're just exquisite. I have to say... the last one: Mr. and Mrs. Chen. I'm convinced of it.
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Some more fabulous additions to a superb series Leon. Just a pity the screen depiction doesn't do the original prints justice.
Paul
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Classy! Like Paul says, they're a great addition to what was already a wonderful set of images. I like the detail you included about packing scissors to trim unwanted veg :D
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I really like them Leon... particular the one with the "shaved coconut" on the top ;)
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These images are beautiful, I have never seen more artistic images of mushrooms. you have inspired me, I now want to run some hp5+ in pyrocat. ran some in clayton d-76 and looked like lith film. bravo and thank you for posting.
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Thanks pinecone. There are plenty more on my website :)
www.leontaylor-photo.co.uk (http://www.leontaylor-photo.co.uk)
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Really beautiful images. Leon. Hallucinogenic even.