Mushroom Season

Same place, different angle, different settings on the camera. Photos were taken 2014. CC BY-SA gallery.insaneworks.fi

IMG_8066^{Camera: Canon EOS 550D - Shutter Speed: 1/500 sec - Aperture: f/8 - ISO Sensitivity: 250 - Exposure Compensation: -1 EV - Focal Length: 270 mm}
In my opinion, the above photograph is better than the one below. Why? Because of the shadows and the light. The shadow on the tree roots on the foreground and the mushrooms in the background, brings more focus on a smaller group of mushroom. The group isn't vertical or horizontal but diagonal. If I would want this photo to be in my opinion more "perfect", I would crop it a bit from the right and top. That would bring the target a bit more to the right. Not so centered.

IMG_8073^{Camera: Canon EOS 550D - Shutter Speed: 1/500 sec - Aperture: f/8 - ISO Sensitivity: 500 - Exposure Compensation: -1 EV - Focal Length: 270 mm}

Next pair.

IMG_8067^{Camera: Canon EOS 550D - Shutter Speed: 1/200 sec - Aperture: f/6.3 - ISO Sensitivity: 125 - Exposure Compensation: 0 EV - Focal Length: 110 mm}
Vertical and horizontal. Mushrooms going diagonal. First impression for me is that I like the 8071 photo more. But few of the mushrooms are overexposed. I don't have raw images, only jpg versions, so this is basically what you get. There's very little one can do to jpg photos so that it still looks natural. Too much light. More shadows and darkness it is.

Back to the first photo (8067). This one has overexposed parts too, but not that much. Problem is that the mushrooms are right in the middle. Or is it a problem? Rule of thirds, golden ratio. Does one always have to obey those rules? Well, if I'd obey, I would crop with a heavy hand from the right side and from the bottom. Or should it be from the top? Decisions, decisions.

IMG_8071^{Camera: Canon EOS 550D - Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec - Aperture: f/5.6 - ISO Sensitivity: 100 - Exposure Compensation: -1 EV - Focal Length: 76 mm}
Final three.

IMG_8075^{Camera: Canon EOS 550D - Shutter Speed: 1/400 sec - Aperture: f/8 - ISO Sensitivity: 640 - Exposure Compensation: -1 EV - Focal Length: 270 mm}
Putting things right in the middle means photographer really want's to highlight something. Is it necessary here, or should this photo (8075) again be cropped? A little from the left, a little from the top?

IMG_8074^{Camera: Canon EOS 550D - Shutter Speed: 1/400 sec - Aperture: f/8 - ISO Sensitivity: 800 - Exposure Compensation: -1 EV - Focal Length: 270 mm}
Would these mushrooms in photo 8074 have needed some cleanup? Stick and pine needles away before taking the photo? I usually try to photograph nature as it is and rather move myself, my perception and view or change the target than start molding the object or it's surroundings to my liking. But having said that, this photo would be more interesting if I would have sprinkled few more needles to the lower left corner. And if I would have had a better focus on the raggedy edges of the mushrooms.

Moving on to the last photo.

IMG_8076^{Camera: Canon EOS 550D - Shutter Speed: 1/500 sec - Aperture: f/8 - ISO Sensitivity: 400 - Exposure Compensation: -1 EV - Focal Length: 270 mm}
Rule of thirds. Something on the foreground, focus on the mushroom, not overexposed. Didn't clean the surroundings and didn't care about the fact that few of the leafs are ripped.

Would you change anything in this last photo? What did you think about the other ones?

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