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 Sry. That's food for thought, I do my best to make sure the original source is cited and credited accordingly. thank you for your comment.

EDIT: #1 is by the incredible illustrator Justin Sola > www.instagram.com/justinsola/

Street art and illustration on walls and arches surrounding the Custard Factory in the Deritend area of Birmingham City, UK.

I always feel a little unsure about photographing street art, especially which as been done with great skill as this! as I'm often conflicted about posting it the resulting photography online as it feels somewhat fraudulent to do so. But I did want to share with everyone on here so, I have taken the liberty of combining into a tryptic of sorts.

In my minds eye I see the tribal beginnings of humankind with ritual and cultural practises followed by spiritual and longing for answers, looking for god, followed by to the new age of freedom, science and futuristic technology that will be our salvation. - pretentious, me? never

Massive respect and kudos must go to the original artists, who produced these stunning works, the level of creativity and skill is mind blowing for a simple person like me.

Ages of Mankind
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Regards
Geoff

#2 for me too! Simple leading line taking you through the image. very nice.

I'm a spike user, for me noticed a big improvement in image quality when out in the field in challenging conditions. Being able to jab the tripod into the ground really improves the stability in my usage at least. Tomorrow however i'm off to B'ham, for some urban/architecture stuff, so will swap to rubbers for that as likely to be on pavements and whatnots.

For me the 28-105m punches well above its weight for the mentioned reasons. The difference between the two in real world usage is not worth the additional spend imho. #2pennysworth

Errrrr... lol

Dam Lenny your killing me! lol - I have to resist, Im sorry.

Thank you, there is a thread here, between the stone circles, me going round in a circle with the light and the earth going in circles and how the stars are seen in that regards.