Great shots dude. Another idea you might find fun to play with is getting a small book with different colours and gradients per page and using that as backgrounds and or light bounces.
fun video and nice shots Jamie! The first yellowish sphere thing is the gall of a gall wasp, and I think the tall yellow ones after that are a fungus called Club-like Tuning fork. The orange slimy stuff after is also a fungus called Purple Jellydisc, although those aren't that purple :) I can really recommend iNaturalist for getting IDs on things like these, that way you can at least put the name on screen with the photos even if you don't know it in the field.
Much appreciated! Thanks for the identifications. I just downloaded iNaturalist and it is great. I should be able to learn a lot using the app. Also, congratulations on winning young wildlife photographer of the year 👍
Good video Jamie, interesting and very informative as usual. And thanks also to the other commenters who have helped identify your tiny subjects. Using a remote shutter release should make your life easier in those awkward camera positions: I used to have a dedicated little remote, but they can be pricey and many cameras now let you use your smartphone to trigger the shutter. Cable releases can be useful too but they tend to get in the way a bit with close-ups.
Thank you so much for the video, I need some motivation and inspiration to go out and shoot shroomies tomorrow and your pictures are gorgeous and make me want to do more macro.
Could you utilize a flash for this type of photography or not necessary like your bug shots? I thought the mechanical shutter was used while using focus bracketing?
I have used flash in the past for this type of photography, but the diffuser generally gets in the way. I might have a play around with some different lighting at some point though. Some cameras might be, but on OM System cameras, it is electronic and silent
If you go out around sunrise, it will be cold from the night before meaning the bugs will be a lot more still. Alternatively, you can go out after midnight and the bugs should also be still because it is cold
Buenos días, sin animo de critica ,cómprate estos dos libros que te ayudaran mucho en la fotografía de setas. Fotografiar Setas de Alex Alonso y Luz y Composición del mismo autor. Saludos
Hi Jamie, nice pics, but first try to get not always so close. Take more care of the composition. Second make you more familiar with mushrooms and other stuff in the woods (the round one was probably a gall of a gall wasp). And third try to use a led-light or a flash.
Thank you! It takes a long time because I am focus bracketing (taking several images at different focal planes) and each frame is at quite a slow shutter speed
Great shots dude. Another idea you might find fun to play with is getting a small book with different colours and gradients per page and using that as backgrounds and or light bounces.
fun video and nice shots Jamie! The first yellowish sphere thing is the gall of a gall wasp, and I think the tall yellow ones after that are a fungus called Club-like Tuning fork. The orange slimy stuff after is also a fungus called Purple Jellydisc, although those aren't that purple :) I can really recommend iNaturalist for getting IDs on things like these, that way you can at least put the name on screen with the photos even if you don't know it in the field.
Much appreciated! Thanks for the identifications. I just downloaded iNaturalist and it is great. I should be able to learn a lot using the app. Also, congratulations on winning young wildlife photographer of the year 👍
Good video Jamie, interesting and very informative as usual. And thanks also to the other commenters who have helped identify your tiny subjects. Using a remote shutter release should make your life easier in those awkward camera positions: I used to have a dedicated little remote, but they can be pricey and many cameras now let you use your smartphone to trigger the shutter. Cable releases can be useful too but they tend to get in the way a bit with close-ups.
Thank you so much for the video, I need some motivation and inspiration to go out and shoot shroomies tomorrow and your pictures are gorgeous and make me want to do more macro.
Much appreciated!
Hi could you tell me more about staking .. I usually use the stack in camera with Olympus and 60 mm 2.8 macro , thank so much
Hello Jamie, it’s a good idea to take a couple of small beanbags when photographing things really close to the ground. 👍
That's a good idea, I don't have beanbags lying around, but I'll bring something like a cloth out with me next time and see if it helps
Good stuff Jamie. I think you are using a different bracketing mode w/o flash. BTW, you might get a bean bag for low shots too stabilize your camera.
Thank you! Another person mentioned bean bags. I might have to get a few
OM has the ability to control from your phone and you don't have to buy a remote. I just don't know if the bracketing works?
Beautiful portraits of micro fungi that most of us don't notice. The incredibly tiny life that goes on next to us.
Thank you, that is the joy of macro!
Could you utilize a flash for this type of photography or not necessary like your bug shots? I thought the mechanical shutter was used while using focus bracketing?
I have used flash in the past for this type of photography, but the diffuser generally gets in the way. I might have a play around with some different lighting at some point though. Some cameras might be, but on OM System cameras, it is electronic and silent
Hello. You mentioned normally you shoot macro bugs. How do you get them to remain still?
If you go out around sunrise, it will be cold from the night before meaning the bugs will be a lot more still. Alternatively, you can go out after midnight and the bugs should also be still because it is cold
@JamieSpensley thank you,🦗🦟🪲🐞🐛
very good video, nice pictures. don't hesitate to use the touch screen when it's complicated to press the shutter button
Thanks! If it's ever too awkward to press the shutter button, I will. But I'm just a fan of buttons 😂
you can also take a little mirror to look at the downside of the mushrooms , great photo,s 👍
I didn't think of that, might have to give it a go thanks!
Great video , thanks Jamie. Have you c9me across platypod? That may help a low perspective without a tripod.
Thanks! No I haven't, I'll have a look into that
fabulous video, much appreciated... btw, what is the l-bracket you are using?
Thank you! It is a cheap L bracket designed for OM System cameras. I've linked the one I use in the description
What tripod are you using Jamie
I've linked it down below in the description :)
still no kneepads Does this camera have a remote? It sure would help.
One day 😂 I don't have a remote, but my camera does have a remote input
@@JamieSpensley I just splurged and got a remote for my A74. Thought it could come in hand for macro or astro
Awesome video
Thanks!
The mysterious egg-looking structure on the oak leaf is a gall caused by the cherry gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).
Nice 👍👍👍🎉🎉
Thanks!
a beanbag would work way better than a camera upside down on a tripod
The small deer you were thinking of is a Muntjac
Buenos días, sin animo de critica ,cómprate estos dos libros que te ayudaran mucho en la fotografía de setas. Fotografiar Setas de Alex Alonso y Luz y Composición del mismo autor. Saludos
The first fungus were a variety of bracket fungus.
thank goodness the screen can spin around like that lol
It's is the egg/larvae of a gall wasp inside.
Awesome, thank you!
Hi Jamie, nice pics, but first try to get not always so close. Take more care of the composition. Second make you more familiar with mushrooms and other stuff in the woods (the round one was probably a gall of a gall wasp). And third try to use a led-light or a flash.
Haces unas bonitas fotos, tienes un bonito bigote y una preciosa voz. Pero, me pregunto, ¿por qué tardas tanto en mostrar tu foto? Un saludo.
Thank you! It takes a long time because I am focus bracketing (taking several images at different focal planes) and each frame is at quite a slow shutter speed
awesome