Shrooms C&C Please

[Reed Waters]

I was working on my car and my wife came home and told me to get my camera and get in the Jeep. She took me about a half mile down the road to this tree. The mushrooms were wrapped tight around the tree and there was really no good POV.

Here are a few;
1


2 cropped a bit


3 A little too light?


4 Does the foreground distract too much?


5 Does the background distract in this one? A little too light?


This were taken on a cloudy day with my D7000 and 50mm 1.8. For the ones at ground level, I put the camera on the ground (it was real wet) and snapped a few until I got some keepers.

How could I have made them better?

[Donald]

Here are a few;
1

I don't think this one works so well. We know it's about the fungi, but we're not really led to them as the main topic of interest

2 cropped a bit

I think that achieves the objective of focusing attention on the mushrooms much better than in #1. The think that still goes against it, in my opinion, is the roadway cutting across the frame

3 A little too light?

I think the set gets much better from here on down. I don't think it is too light. I think it's a good image.

4 Does the foreground distract too much?

Yes I think it does. That out-of-focus fungus in the front has the effect of 'blocking' the view; i.e. it's in the way.

5 Does the background distract in this one? A little too light?

Again, I don't think so. What did drag my eye away from the main subject, is the very out-of-focus strip along the bottom and the sudden transition to a much clearer foreground just in front of the mushroom. Because I can't figure that out, my mind is confused by the image and therefore distracted.[/QUOTE]

[Reed Waters]

Thanks Donald. I really didn't notice that oof line until I uploaded the pic.

After some LR work, does this work better.

[Donald]

Thanks Donald. I really didn't notice that oof line until I uploaded the pic.

After some LR work, does this work better.

That's better! Yep, that looks and feels much better, Reed. I still think #3 from your original post is the best of teh set. A really nice image.

[FrankMi]

Hi Reed, I like #3 as well. Is it tightly cropped or is there a tad more headroom available? If you are able to reshoot, I think the out of focus leaves in front distract the eye and may not be easily cloned out. Your thoughts?

[Reed Waters]

Frank, thanks for the comment. Yea, I wish I had a little headroom but the crop is soc. As I said, I put the camera on the ground hoping for some keepers. I sure did miss the articulated screen on my D5000. I haven't tried yet but I think I can do something about those leaves in Elements.

[MrB]

Number 2 is the best composition for the group of mushrooms, because of the depth it conveys within the group. But it is a pity that road is just there - in their urge to construct things, other people rarely consider their intrusive effects on a photograph!

Philip