The orange firey fungus? I'm surprised, I didn't love that shot at all, but I guess that's what makes photography so fun, everyone has different tastes! Thanks for watching!
not the orange fungus, the one at 8:18 with the flash. always find it hard to take photos of a fallen tree base. im always up in that forrest, i was up there a couple of weeks and got a couple shots of mushrooms but i think i was to early. maybe next weekend. @@AndrewLanxonPhotography
Great film, thanks for your advice. That shot with the spider on the mushroom was like a Pantomime, I bet there were hundreds of big kids shouting "Behind you!!!"
yay - mushroom season is here 🙂 my daughter and I love to photograph them and identify and collect them virtually in an app lovely shots - especially the one flash-lit from above
Great advice. Lots of people are intimidated by flash - so was I - but using the flash in Manual mode gives a nice boost to low light and freezes the breeze which is often a problem with outdoor macro. I like your wider pics which show the environment too.
Andrew I've been following along and love the macro photography that you do but let's take a second to compliment your videography in this one. Spectacular job my friend. My fave pic has to be the textured look of the mushroom in the dark part of the forest. Great angle on the lighting.
Really good. I am interested in learning macro and this has been quite helpful. You have some tricks up your sleeve I never would have thought of. Cheers
Hi Andrew, These are my favorite videos. I enjoy the macro shots. Love the red capped mushroom and the last one on the video after you added a little flash especially. I used your video about shooting the daisy at home and have gotten some great practice in using the flash off my camera. Next weekend I will rewatch your video where you experimented with drops of water and then I’m going to try to duplicate that. I learn a lot by watching and trying to replicate what you’re doing. I didn’t understand how to use, to my benefit, the macro rings (I bought the set of three) but this video today actually showed me how to use them effectively. Thank you for continuing your videos each week. I always enjoy them. - Tammy
Andrew, great video. Good suggestion to use wide angel lens for macro to get a better view of the surrounding. Which Macro ring did you use on your RF camera?
Hi Andrew, your macro photography is a great inspiration as ever. I really struggle to find mushrooms/fungis around Edinburgh at the moment, I have tried Roslin Glen, Dalkeith and Vogrie with no luck... Would you mind sharing your forest location? Thanks!
I really like your inclusion of context and thinking of story. That makes the photos into views of a living forest and not just a design on the wall of an art gallery. But I didn't understand why you passed up the mushrooms which you said had been eaten by insects or animals. Don't those also have rich stories? Can one tell what particular thing was eating it by the shapes carved into the mushroom or the season or ??? Don't those shapes have lots of interesting macro and lighting and shadows opportunities?
When you did the stack series of the red cap, I think you said you took 85 images but I was wondering how many were actually used in the final composite? I assume not all of the 85.
I think I used about 40 or so. Essentially a mid slice of the set that included the mushroom and some foreground but still allowing a nice natural falloff in focus
Isn't there any other animals in the forest? I'm almost beginner to macro, and I want to dive in to a forest and look for some cool stuff but I'm a bit scared of wild animals.
