Photographing mushrooms while skipping through the woods!

Mushrooms are just so cool to photograph and they look like something straight out of a fantasy tale. Most of the fungi stand out, especially the non-edible ones, in a very pleasant way. They are brightly colored and have interesting geometric characteristics. I think about them as little houses since, on occasion, they can look like little huts.

Mushrooms on the forest floor, gathered together.

  • Shutter speed: 1/500s
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • ISO: 200
  • Focal length: 18mm
  • Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

Humid, wet and misty environment, a mushrooms favorite environment to thrive. Coincidentally, these are favorable conditions to take pictures that are underexposed and have a gloomy feel to them. Here are few examples of such photographs.

Mushrooms in the forest, bundled up together.

  • Shutter speed: 1/500s
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • ISO: 200
  • Focal length: 18mm
  • Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

The best way to photograph a mushroom is to get as low as possible to the ground. That way you get a really nice perspective on the subject. This allows for a much softer background, which in turn makes for a greater contrast photo. Getting low can be challenging at times with most cameras since the viewfinder lays flat against the body of the device. Cameras that do have a flip or movable screen are a huge plus. They allow you to get that low angled picture much quicker and with very little effort.

Mushroom on the forest floor.

  • Shutter speed: 1/400s
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • ISO: 200
  • Focal length: 18mm
  • Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

So go out there and find some mushrooms, take some cool pictures and share them so we can all enjoy!

Camera settings for the first image 

  • Shutter speed: 1/320s
  • Aperture: ƒ/4
  • ISO: 200
  • Focal length: 18mm
  • Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT

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