Maybe, just maybe I begin to approach photographic fine art?

[JBW]

There was a lot of too dark and too bright so I switched to linear. I did a fair bit of adjusting with exposure, brightness, saturation and a host of other adjustments to bring up the colours and contrast while not under or over exposing. Too much? Too little?
Brian

[Jim A]

Marvellous Brian! Not sure that you need the bottom largest mushroom and the smaller one to its upper left. Three is good in photographic terms, an odd number, but I would crop. Plus not too much to absorb.

[JBW]

Marvellous Brian! Not sure that you need the bottom largest mushroom and the smaller one to its upper left. Three is good in photographic terms, an odd number, but I would crop. Plus not too much to absorb.

I scrolled my screen to cut ff the bottom mushrooms. Doesn't really work for me but I'm curious what others will say. You are certainly correct that this isnot minimallism

[Wavelength]

Well done; i have feeling that removing the top portion and showing just upto the arch like cutting of the front plantain tree will do more good; just a feeling

[JBW]

Well done; i have feeling that removing the top portion and showing just upto the arch like cutting of the front plantain tree will do more good; just a feeling

well so far we all agree I should keep the middle

[xpatUSA]

There was a lot of too dark and too bright so I switched to linear. <>
Brian

Switched what to linear, Brian?

If I switch to linear gamma in RawDigger, I get really darker darks . .

[JBW]

Switched what to linear, Brian?

If I switch to linear gamma in RawDigger, I get really darker darks . .

in Capture 1 it greatly reduces highlights while lowering mid-tones and shadows but not as much. Gives a flat picture.

[Shadowman]

I think you are there, nice rich colors.

[xpatUSA]

in Capture 1 it greatly reduces highlights while lowering mid-tones and shadows but not as much. Gives a flat picture.

Thanks Brian. Never used Capture 1, I don't think it opens Sigma files properly.

(pardon the minority mention, but that is important for an insignificant few of us).

[NorthernFocus]

Nice concept. I think to reach the level of "art" you'd need to eliminate a bit of the clutter. Like the large dead leaf at right and the grunge at left. I take it those are stumps of banana plants? I read somewhere/some time ago that banana is actually a type of grass rather than a tree. Which makes perfect sense when structure of the plant is considered rather than simply size.

[JBW]

Thanks Brian. Never used Capture 1, I don't think it opens Sigma files properly.

(pardon the minority mention, but that is important for an insignificant few of us).

I will take your word for it. I use capture 1 Sony Pro which was created for Sony. How the generic C1 would handle Sigma I have no idea

[xpatUSA]

I will take your word for it. I use capture 1 Sony Pro which was created for Sony. How the generic C1 would handle Sigma I have no idea

I just checked, Sigma is not supported at all.

Latest Sigmas can output DNG but, being Linear DNG, even that may not be supported (some applications can't open Linear DNG files).

[JBW]

Nice concept. I think to reach the level of "art" you'd need to eliminate a bit of the clutter. Like the large dead leaf at right and the grunge at left. I take it those are stumps of banana plants? I read somewhere/some time ago that banana is actually a type of grass rather than a tree. Which makes perfect sense when structure of the plant is considered rather than simply size.

Nope, bananas are not in the grass family they are in the MUSACEAE family. Hopwever, the fungi are indeed growing on a member of the grass family: Bamboo, Giant Butong to be precise. The dead leaf is a bamboo leaf. I did clean up some of the clutter.

[Manfred M]

It's nice to see you moving in a different direction (again). I suspect it will impact how you handle the other genres you are working it.

Fine Art Photography is not all that well defined, but the definition that I like best suggests that it is art that could be hung on a wall in a gallery. Are you going look at printing your work?

[JBW]

It's nice to see you moving in a different direction (again). I suspect it will impact how you handle the other genres you are working it.

Fine Art Photography is not all that well defined, but the definition that I like best suggests that it is art that could be hung on a wall in a gallery. Are you going look at printing your work?

No, I try to live green.

[tbob]

Did my high tech trial crop technique (held two pieces of paper against the computer screen) Like it best cropped just left of the leaf and at the height of the cut bamboo stem.

[JBW]

The fungi have grown a bit but the basic shot is still there. If the rains co-operate I'll try a reshoot.

[JohnRostron]

Fine Art Photography is not all that well defined, but the definition that I like best suggests that it is art that could be hung on a wall in a gallery.

I would agree with that, but it is not the only criterion of worth. I find the composition with three fungi one above the other very attractive. I would agree that the banana leaf gets in the way, but I do not find it detracts too much.

I would guess that the fungi are some form of Stereum or Trametes (Turkeytail), probably the former.

John

[Manfred M]

No, I try to live green.

I would suggest that a modern ink jet printed image on archival paper is probably a lot greener that storing it on a hard disk, and if well handled, it will last a lot longer (well over 100 years).

[JBW]

I would suggest that a modern ink jet printed image on archival paper is probably a lot greener that storing it on a hard disk, and if well handled, it will last a lot longer (well over 100 years).

And if I did that you might be right. Though you would need to show me some proof for your belief. As it is I only temporarily store shots on my computer. One of my reasons for blogging is that I us my blog as storage. I rather doubt that the world will miss many or any of my shots in a hundred years.