Photographing Mushrooms & Toadstools

The autumn months are drawing in along with the dark nights and short days so what better opportunity then to visit my local woodland for a spot of macro photography to photograph the mushrooms and toadstools that are popping out from the woodland floor.

The recent wet, dreary and mild weather here in the UK has provided perfect growing conditions for the woodland mushrooms, toadstools and fungi especially in my local woodland where several old trees have fallen, and broken branches of old dead and decaying wood litter the woodland floor.




Wandering around your local woodland can reveal a host of secrets and little scenes in miniature to photograph, however it takes a while for you photographers eye to focus in on the mushrooms and toadstools that make their homes in the wet nooks and crannies of the the dead wood.

Allowing your eye adjust to the challenge is the key thing to remember and having a dedicated macro lens really helps bring the miniature subjects to life once you have found them within the chaos of the woodland environment.

So why not join me on this little amble into the woods as I try to find some interesting Macro photography compositions, armed with my trusty Pentax K1 and 100mm f/2.8 Pentax Macro Lens. Where I make the Mushrooms and Toadstools the focus of the compositions and introduce you to some little creepy crawly friends I made along the way. Watch the making of the above image in my little video below....

Woodland Macro Photography | Photographing Mushrooms & Toadstools | Geoff Moore Photography

I would love to hear your thoughts on my little adventure and the images produced, so why not leave a comment, like and subscribe

Comments, suggestions always welcome.

Thank you Steve, that is very kind of you.


Oh, my bad, I'm sorry - Thankfully the LED light is relatively cheap, I think it was around 310 from Amazon. And it worked wonders.. I'm planning a night shoot so it wll get more usage then too!

Errrr -Correction- £10 from Amazon

Ha, im particularly cheap an upcoming video im hoping to demonstrate DIY Pin Hole on a DSLR, which I know its a bit marmite, but my mind has been blown away on how you can capture images without an optic! in front of the sensor.

I tend to prefer natural light, I use a mini tripod plus a cable release.

645z - 120mm Macro lens with a 50mm Ext Tube - 100 ISO - 2 sec exposure @ F6.3

Very nice Chris. I think i'm going to swot up a little, on the fungi we have in this country we have such a variety it would be good to be able to identify them when out and about.

There's a park nr Slough, which I use this time of year that according to the information boards has 42 different species of fungi that can be found there.

42! thats crazy. Googles .... oh my, 15,000 species in the UK alone lol

Ha thanks Steve. I don't think i'd want encyclopedic knowledge, but being able to identify the most common ones could be useful

Thanks for the heads up @David - I got a some free time booked in this weekend coming so I may have a return visit to the woods lined up. Was a great way to spend a few hours.