On a wet and overcast day, in the second week of January, I was sitting at home warming my hands with an afternoon cup of coffee and waiting for photographic inspiration---and waiting. I decided to check the backyard to see if the wet weather had created any worthy photo subjects.
I wasn’t expecting much. It’s January---there’s more rotting vegetation than new growth at this time of year. However, the backyard easily exceeded my low expectations. The lawn was riddled, littered, inundated, infested, (insert verb here), with mushrooms---toadstools---fungus---fungi, etc., in various stages of growth and decay---exciting stuff!
Click on the link to see a few of the fungi photos.
http://picasaweb.google.com/pulloverandshoot/Fungus#
Read more for the boring details.
I started out with my Canon Rebel XSI, but I wasn't happy with the results. I don't have a close up lens or a dedicated macro lens and I wasn't able to get in close enough. (Note to self: I need/want/need a close up lens for the Canon). I used my back up camera, the Pentax Optio 750Z, to take the fungi photos you see here.
The Pentax does not have the aperture range that the Canon does, but it performed better than I expected.
I wasn’t expecting much. It’s January---there’s more rotting vegetation than new growth at this time of year. However, the backyard easily exceeded my low expectations. The lawn was riddled, littered, inundated, infested, (insert verb here), with mushrooms---toadstools---fungus---fungi, etc., in various stages of growth and decay---exciting stuff!
Click on the link to see a few of the fungi photos.
http://picasaweb.google.com/pulloverandshoot/Fungus#
Read more for the boring details.
I started out with my Canon Rebel XSI, but I wasn't happy with the results. I don't have a close up lens or a dedicated macro lens and I wasn't able to get in close enough. (Note to self: I need/want/need a close up lens for the Canon). I used my back up camera, the Pentax Optio 750Z, to take the fungi photos you see here.
The Pentax does not have the aperture range that the Canon does, but it performed better than I expected.
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