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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: California Autumn 2013 [Re: Chuck H] 1
#19202886 - 11/28/13 10:23 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Chuck H said: love the Helvella lacunosa.
Those are Helvella vespertina. Helvella lacunosa does not grow on the west coast of the US.
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Ran-D



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Re: California Autumn 2013 [Re: Dr.Tooty]
#19202942 - 11/28/13 10:39 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Dr.Tooty said: Excuse my laziness, because I'm sure this has been asked before, but what camera? I've actually been really surprised with the quality of macro shots that point n shoots can produce...
Are you asking me or Chuck? The point and shoot I use is the Canon Powershot A3300. I'd definitely recommend it for anyone who wants to get decent mushroom photos without carrying a real camera around.
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Dr.Tooty
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Re: California Autumn 2013 [Re: Ran-D]
#19202951 - 11/28/13 10:41 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Alan, Is the only difference distribution?
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Dr.Tooty said: Excuse my laziness, because I'm sure this has been asked before, but what camera? I've actually been really surprised with the quality of macro shots that point n shoots can produce...
Are you asking me or Chuck? The point and shoot I use is the Canon Powershot A3300. I'd definitely recommend it for anyone who wants to get decent mushroom photos without carrying a real camera around.
Definitely you. sorry, I don't use the reply function properly a lot of the time. Dang those go for cheap. Definitely some bang for your buck
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: California Autumn 2013 [Re: Dr.Tooty]
#19202991 - 11/28/13 10:53 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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How you use your camera matters 100 times more than what camera you use.
Pretty much any modern digital camera takes great photos, what really matters is how you set up the mushrooms, how you do the lighting and what settings you use.
You can get a camera that takes awesome photos for $30 on ebay if you know what to look for.
If you want awesome photos, carry reflectors and a tripod.
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Ran-D



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Tripod and remote shutter have definitely helped my photos a ton, haven't tried reflectors yet. I did start using my flash just for you though Alan! Got any critique for my last DSLR batch? (post starting with the Chlorophyllum)
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: California Autumn 2013 [Re: Ran-D]
#19203045 - 11/28/13 11:08 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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They look really nice. Some of them could benefit from a reflector, which could be as simple as a piece of typing paper just outside of the shot. The setups could be a bit better, try to think about how bobzimmer would set up the mushrooms if he was there. Also consider carrying a paint brush to remove debris from the mushrooms.
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Ran-D



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Alan Rockefeller said: The setups could be a bit better, try to think about how bobzimmer would set up the mushrooms if he was there.
Agreed. I was just going to say I need to set them up better and crop the pictures less.
I do have a knife with a brush, I just forget it sometimes. That's why I'm hesitant to even make a reflector because I'm already overwhelmed with the other stuff I carry (backpack, camera, bean bag and/or tripod, remote, lens cap, knives, smoking accessories, yada yada yada...) Then half the time I also have to worry about my dog, and then if I find cool mushrooms I have to carry them around too. It's just a big mess and I usually leave something every time I go somewhere.
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Chuck H
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Re: California Autumn 2013 [Re: Ran-D]
#19203701 - 11/29/13 06:07 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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It's a $250 Olympus about three years old with a lot of user adjustable parameters and a fat zoom lens. I know it takes good pictures, I just haven't learned how to set it up for that. The "auto" settings produce low-ish resolution compared to Ran-D's shots. It's just laziness on my part. If it were a priority I could probably change things.
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Re: California Autumn 2013 [Re: Chuck H]
#19203709 - 11/29/13 06:11 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hey someone else is up this early?!(no, I'm not going shopping )
But yea, auto settings will rarely capture good mushroom pictures, you definitely gotta play with it a bit.
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Chuck H
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Re: California Autumn 2013 [Re: Ran-D]
#19203720 - 11/29/13 06:19 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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You couldn't get me near a mall today if there were choice, edible mushrooms growing there!!!
All the rich food gave me vivid, bad dreams. I'll catch a nap after the coffee wears off.
Happy turkey sandwich day to all! I'm going straight for the wild mushroom dressing with turkey gravy
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Chuck H
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Alan Rockefeller said:Those are Helvella vespertina. Helvella lacunosa does not grow on the west coast of the US.
Thank you. I guess this is why they keep you around
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Edited by Chuck H (11/29/13 06:24 AM)
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Dr.Tooty
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Alan Rockefeller said: How you use your camera matters 100 times more than what camera you use.
Pretty much any modern digital camera takes great photos, what really matters is how you set up the mushrooms, how you do the lighting and what settings you use.
Um, well, I'm not expecting to find a magical Camera that takes perfect pictures for me if that's what you think i mean.
Settings are what matters. Most point and shoots don't allow you much freedom. per examp- I've never had one that allowed me to control f/stops.
And some only use Auto-exposure...
There are definitely some Cameras that do these automatic things better than others...
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Ran-D



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Re: California Autumn 2013 [Re: Dr.Tooty]
#19210683 - 11/30/13 11:49 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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This season better pick up soon, or else.
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Joust
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Re: California Autumn 2013 [Re: Ran-D]
#19210841 - 12/01/13 12:39 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Very nice
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Dr.Tooty
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Re: California Autumn 2013 [Re: Joust]
#19210974 - 12/01/13 01:22 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Awesome cross section!
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Bobzimmer
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Nice pictures Ran-D!
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Alan Rockefeller said: The setups could be a bit better, try to think about how bobzimmer would set up the mushrooms if he was there.
I've tried that method...Sometimes it works great; sometimes it sucks.
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Chuck H
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Re: California Autumn 2013 [Re: Ran-D]
#19211322 - 12/01/13 06:23 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Sweet! Great placements and arrangement too! I'm from there and I swear I can almost smell the air looking at your shots.
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Ran-D



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Re: California Autumn 2013 [Re: Bobzimmer]
#19211759 - 12/01/13 09:53 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Dr.Tooty said: Awesome cross section!
Gotta give credit to skippydude on that one, he cut it so clean I just had to take a picture.
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Chuck H said: I'm from there and I swear I can almost smell the air looking at your shots.
You can smell the smog and cow shit eh? Gotta love that fresh valley air.
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Joust said: Very nice 
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Bobzimmer said: Nice pictures Ran-D!
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Re: California Autumn 2013 [Re: Ran-D]
#19211937 - 12/01/13 10:40 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I love it man. What are you calling that Marasmius?
The best macro match I've found is M. inaquosi. I've never heard of it though and I can't find anything about it other than this.
http://mycoportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=282240
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domesticgnome said: I love it man. What are you calling that Marasmius?
The best macro match I've found is M. inaquosi. I've never heard of it though and I can't find anything about it other than this.
http://mycoportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=282240
That looks right, here is the Mycologia article about it.
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