Showing posts with label Santon Downham. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Santon Downham. Show all posts

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Autumn at Santon Downham 2

In the afternoon,  it gradually cloudy over giving different lighting to work with. I used an older camera, which will composit only two images together as an average  and a very contrasty 50mm lens. The first image is an example of an old technique - the Orton effect where the first image is out of focus and the second image in exactly the same position is in focus. The second image is a panorama of the confier forest.  The type of picture I had in my mind are images 3-6 where the camera has combines an underexposed ICM image of the forest tree trunks with a bright autumn branch from a beech sapling.


Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Santon Downham 2 - Playing with Light and Focus Stacking

As well as photographing the different types of fungi in Thetford Forest on Sunday, I also spent time doing different light set ups with a continuous LED light source sometimes with a magenta filter. The first image is of the Pine Cone Ttoadstool - around 3mm maximum cap size growing out of cones with the light behind to illuminate the cap. I tried to get backlit spore release from the Puff Balls but this definitely needs more experimentation. The last two images are focus stacks of the Sulphur Tuft toadstool. The first is a stack of 51 images and shows too much depth of field. I suspected this at the time by looking at the last image in the series so took a second stack of 31 images which brings most of the clump into focus but still separates from background (Fuji bracket handheld, Zerene stacker). 

Monday, October 21, 2019

Fungi Foray at Santon Downham 1

A party of 10 CCC and RPS Members enjoyed a day in Thetford Forest scrabbling among the leaf litter and fallen branches for fungi. It is a superb year for them with the wet and warm conditions. Here some 'straight' shots of a few types that we found including a stand of Fly Agarics which took some finding - we were sure they must be moving as each set of directions we received from walkers were different!

Monday, October 31, 2016

Young Mycologists at Work in Thetford Forest

There are still lots of toadstools in Thetford forest to keep budding Mycologists happy. And before Mum and Dad get worried, Russula atropurpurea that M is holding is an edible species. The Russlua claroflava below is also edible but they were not allowed to touch the fly Agarics. Also identified Egg stage of the Phallus impudicus, Mycena rosea, Macrolepiota mastoidea and Sulphur Tuft. Not sure of last species





Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Colourful World of Spiders

On Sunday, as well as a good selection of fungi, we spent time photographing two very small spiders - Tetragnatha extensa (brown on the left) and Diaea dorsata (the Green Crab Spider) hiding in the leaves of an oak tree. It was quite dull light by then and they are very small so a big challenge not totally met for sharpness but I do like the colours and, particularly, the way the eyes are shown. I confirmed ID of the brown one by its eye pattern but I liked the goggle eyes of the crab spider best.



Sunday, October 9, 2016

Fungi at Santon Downham

Some of the very numerous fungi at Santon Downham today. The first three photos show the effectx of using 50mm macro, 24mm  and 10mm lenses. The showery weather hampered us a bit though it will ensure a good supply of fungi for the next few days. 8 Members of CCC happily played arounf at ground level for the day.




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