Taken with my Sigma 105mm Macro lens. These little fellows are
onlt about 1 centimetre tall. Tv 1/160; f/10.0; ISO 400. I
wish I had incresed the DOF a little more to get more of the
fungi in focus.

Posted by PaulB on Sat, 03/06/10 18:29
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Comments by Sandi MacDonald on Sun, 03/07/10 13:44 The mushrooms have a nice colour to them. But I would have prefer if there was more dof as well. But my real nit is the out of focus greenery in the foreground. Comments by PaulB on Sun, 03/07/10 16:37 Thanks Sandi. I actually agree with with you about the OOF foreground, but we are in the minority. I certainly would also like to have got all 5 fungi in focus. Thank you again for your help. Comments by jj on Mon, 03/08/10 02:09 I think the DOF control brings the fungus to the foreground in a very nice way. It's often a non-ideal tradeoff between the foreground in focus and the background also in focus, or the other way around. Comments by PaulB on Mon, 03/08/10 02:52 Thanks jj. I was thinking that when I read Sandi's comment. The only way I could have retained the blurry background and not the foreground would be to have cut the greenery in the foreground away physically before taking the shot. Comments by Linda Frey on Mon, 03/08/10 11:16 A different angle might have avoided the foreground moss?