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ken osborn
{K:2997} 1/25/2004
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Wonderful, Kim. Your use of a shallow DOF emphasizes the skeletal outlines of the mushrooms contrasted against the green (grass?) of the background very nicely. - Mister Ken
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Marcos Teixeira
{K:1738} 11/17/2003
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Very good job! I liked so much! Congrats
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 9/29/2003
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I think you would lose the essence of this image if you had shot it at f/22 even with a high-diopter macro lens. The green, green, green helps of course, but the dreamy bokeh of the background is what really makes this photo great for me.
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Diamantino Mendes
{K:12959} 9/25/2003
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WOW Strong and delicate macro, great work and excellent capture.
Congrats Kim and regards!
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Tomo Radovanovic
{K:12788} 9/22/2003
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wonderful capture
regards
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Akin Ozyazici
{K:4323} 9/22/2003
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great macro shot,
Regards Akin.
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 9/22/2003
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I really like the final product of this image as it does hold a fantasy feel to me, but Dave (and some others), as you've pointed out it would have been smart of me to get a shot that had a lot more depth of field. I am kicking myself, and my ignorance, as at the time I was saying that I didn't have a tripod that would get low enough to take this shot.
I mean, HELLO!!! It wasn't that long ago when I didn't even own a tripod and I had to get creative with rocks, logs, my backpack, etc. to use as a tripod to steady the camera. If I was thinking I would have found a log and used it to get a shot of this mushroom at f22. Thanks for pointing out an important lesson, Dave!!! Hopefully one I'll remember next time!
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John Barclay
{K:3650} 9/21/2003
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Great Kim! I like this a lot! Sparse with just enough detail where necessary!
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John Charlton
{K:5595} 9/21/2003
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First there is a mushroom, then there is no mushroom, then there is... with apolagies to Donavon for the ripp off [I can't help what goes around in my head half the time] I love this unusual and creative take on the end of Summer... the shallow depth of field works to great advantage here... marvelous!
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Dave Holland
{K:13074} 9/20/2003
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For a hand-held image this is pretty good. However I'm sure you know it would have been better with a tripod. The smudge of blur in the center feels 'off', like I want to wipe my glasses to keep the critical centerpoint in focus. I like the uncluttered, simple format.
Vince, I read the forum thread and I agree with a lot of your comments about fluff. Friends will put more effort into critique and they are still here, just diluted. Friends also have the confidence to balance positives and negatives in a critique. People who would take offence about that aren't worth thinking about. Ignore the fluffers and keep posting.
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Dirck DuFlon
{K:35779} 9/20/2003
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What a wonderful image, Kim! The short depth of field really contributes to the 'fantasy' feeling, here, as though the mushroom cup (it looks like an otherworldly chalice!) were pushing through the barrier between the dream world and the waking world, enticing us to see what is beyond... The almost-too-intense green contributes to this sense, too! I agree with what Vince mentioned about about the focus in that one small area, but I also understand that, given the folds in the edge of the mushroom, something had to give. Great work!
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Vincent K. Tylor
{K:7863} 9/19/2003
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I did NOT have to look to see if this was Velvia. This should be perhaps the only film you use Kim. It really pops and shines here. Obviously the lack of depth was what you were after here and I think it succeeds very nicely. The only tiny suggestion here (better have something after todays forum thread) is the small portion that is sharp, is not quite consistently sharp. In other words, even the small portion in focus is not quite fully in focus. If it was tack sharp, it would be absotluely perfect! Still almost perfect is pretty doggone good if you ask me! Thanks too for sharing your thoughts earlier. Aloha.
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Debra Griffin-Ibrahim
{K:7119} 9/19/2003
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Beautiful Image!!
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Audrey Reid
{K:5872} 9/19/2003
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Hi Kim, I don't like to use wow, but WOW - what an unusual composition with unbelievable colours. You mentioned Velvia, was it the 50 or the new 100?
I don't mind the softness and lack of details at the back, the front is enough for my eyes to be transfixed!
It reminds me of a paper thin, very fine Chinese/Japanes wine cup.
Very beautiful indeed.
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lidian neeleman
{K:6700} 9/17/2003
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wonderful image..
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Kristina Kohut
{K:49990} 9/16/2003
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So nice and interesting, really artistic mushroom shot! Very nice colours/lightning and interesting choice of DOF!
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Elangovan S
{K:10675} 9/15/2003
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Kim, I simply love this image. You got some unbelievable green - gorgeous. Great job
Elangs.
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 9/15/2003
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I like the shortened DOF and it has a fantasy-feel to me... but I should have tried my hardest to get a few more shots with different DOF while I was there. With the macro filters the DOF is limited anyways, and then going handheld (because it was way too short for my tripod) made me have to go to f2.8 and lost a little more.
Becky, this is without filters... just the way that good ol' Velvia caught the green! This is why Velvia rocks!
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Becky V
{K:9699} 9/15/2003
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Did you use any filters on this photo? Or is it the Velvia that really makes the green stand out? It's such an amazing colour and almost unreal to think it could be found on a forest floor. I don't think I've ever seen a mushroom like this. (Wish I had spotted it! Well, that's what I get for walking in the river instead. ;) ) Because it's so unique, I'd like to see it in a little more detail. Did you try this shot at other macros (+6 maybe)? Admittedly, the mushroom would have appeared smaller, but hopefully we'd get to see more of those amazing, delicate lines. As it stands, I think this is more of an abstract (but a good one!). Also, being the symmetry freak I am, I think I'd like to see the left side of the photo cropped a bit.
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 9/15/2003
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original.great details .marvelous macro.
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Mr. Arrey
{K:11516} 9/15/2003
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A great one Kim!
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 9/15/2003
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Thanks for the comments, although this is the whole image, Alvin... not really sure what you're asking here...
This "mushroom skeleton" (not really sure what it is, to tell you the truth) was only about 4 inches tall, standing up from the grass, and was the only one of its kind in the entire park.
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lowell whipple girbes
{K:13151} 9/15/2003
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superb !!!!!!!!!!
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Teunis Haveman
{K:53426} 9/14/2003
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Excellent Macro and detail
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Alvin Mak
{K:1737} 9/14/2003
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Very beautiful green! What does the skull of a mushroom look like? (I am just a city boy) Can you show me the full image?
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Afzal H Mohamed
{K:909} 9/14/2003
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wonderful saturated colours and use of DOF as always!
cheers!
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