Yesterday i read a post about Bokeh on the James Wei's blog and it reminds me this old picture.
In 2004 november i was shooting for some chestnuts producers needing some new images for their marketing. So one day i was making photos in a chestnut trees forest when i see an old trunk rotting (google translation) on the forest ground with many autumn ferns all around. That was not the kind of images i was intended to make but i took a few shots and coming closer i saw these little mushrooms on the trunk. I had no real macro lens with me this day but i took a 28-70 f2.8 zoom lens, put my tripod the most close i could on the sloping and slippy ground and took 3 or 4 photos in manual focusing mode with just changing the focusing distance between the different shots.
Why manual focusing and focusing bracketing ? Because i knew that autofocus wouldn't be perfectly reliable in this kind of shots and in 2004 APS DSLRs didn't had some stunning viewfinders :)
I'm not sure that the blur is strong enough on the front and back part of this image to make a real bokeh effect but i really like the short depth of field here.
4 comments :
Patrick, I love your header photo and how you have worked the image and text into the page layout!
I would just love to wander into those woods!
Very interesting Patrick! Have never seen mushrooms growing on the trunks of trees! A welcome sight and a good picture!
A few words...
I am allergic to mushrooms.
hee hee hee
Great capture, so unusual place to find mushrooms.
I love your wonderful landscapes.
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