First I've seen of your videos. I liked the pace, I really appreciated the approach to each image, and liked your talking through the beautiful images you captured, i.e. the mushrooms and the ending heather shot. Appreciated those takes more w/ knowledge of your varied approaches. Thank you.
Sorry Mail for taking so long to reply. I often reply to the films on the day I upload the new one. Thanks ever so much for watching, it's appreciated.
Simon Booth never worry about replying Simon, I believe the effort to make something and create images like you do should be applauded. It’s hard to keep up sometimes. I’m currently watching your latest, it would be great to see a book of your intimate woodland floor fungi.
thank you for all the information, especially bracken and fern differences - every day is a lesson. Superb images and some days never work out as planned!
Couple of cracking photographs Simon, especially like the Fungi, that Manffrotto diffused lighting has made them look like little illuminated lanterns.
Absolutely wonderful, Simon. As an amateur mycology enthusiast (my wife and I love foraging mushrooms), I was fascinated by your main subject. And oh my, that heather shot! We would all pay good money to "see" as well as you do! Well done!
As is my preference I enjoyed this whilst eating some lovely fresh poached eggs courtesy of our backyard flock. It seems appropriate somehow for your videos as they always focus, no pun intended, on the simplicity and pleasure of nature! Loved both the fungi and heather. Very different images on the face of it but both allowing the subject to speak. By the way, thanks for the simple method for differentiating bracken and ferns.
Beautiful images Simon and as ever a very enjoyable and educational video. You've inspired me to visit our local heathland where I know the heather is looking very colourful at the moment.
Hi Mike Sorry for the slow reply. I tend to upload a new on the same day I respond to the last. Glad you enjoyed it. How did the shoot on the heath go?
@@SimonBoothPhotography - No problem Simon, I fully understand. Regrettably I haven't managed to get to the location. Each time I have had a little time the weather has been very wet and windy. I'll keep trying.
love that image of the little fungus. Really enjoying your films. Really like the way you mix the content related to the natural world and photography.
Every day is a learning day - I know know the difference between bracken and ferns, thanks Simon. I may share that knowledge and credit you to it in one of my vlogs!
The heather shot was so beautiful, with the one in the center and the out-of-focus areas surrounding it. Now I’m very inspired to try to find some here in the Swedish forests.
@@SimonBoothPhotography Thanks for asking Simon! I didn't find any -- I looked it up, and learned that there really isn't that much heather in my parts of Sweden. There are some heathlands down in the southwest, but even there it's rare, since most of it was replaced with planted forest in the early parts of the 20th century. Around where I live in Stockholm there's more in the archipelago, but that requires going by boat, which complicates things. Even there it's just random shrubs. You did inspire me to look closer on the ground though! Found some mosses with water drops, and some of it worked as an image.
A bit late joining the live viewing (sorry!) but enjoyed this content as always - thank you, Simon, for taking the time and trouble to put it all together, and for the generosity in sharing with us.
Awesome, the extension of our own eye through a camera. All the best from Australia/ stay safe Martin ps: Hows that fungi,,so important for the forest system as it is the lifeline to help all the plants to communicate and share sugars through photosynthesis.
Thanks Martin and good to hear from you all the way from Australia. Yes the mycelium strands are like veins under the leaf litter that we just never really know are there!
Love the image of the heather Simon. I have used a portable light source in a similar way when lighting fungi...it works well but your diffuser approach looks great. Slowing down or taking five -5- is a great way of refocusing -pardon the pun- the mind when doing any task orientated or creative process. Nice one... ;D
Slowing down is a must to get the best from our photography. I try to sleep on location now as much as possible to avoid the frantic stressful drive in the dark. I feel far more inspired this way.
Nice film and photos with the added bonus of teaching me the difference between bracken and ferns... Now I will be able to tell what I was trying to photograph the other day :)
For a day that started out somewhat frustratingly, those two images show the rewards for perseverance. I especially like the mushrooms. I so seldom seem to find mushrooms so tightly packed and in such good condition. Great find and great photo!
Another fantastic video - thank you Simon. I really liked that you included the fact that not all attempts at capturing "the moment" go to plan; it's good to know this happens to others as well. Loved all your pictures. My favorite would have to be the fungi. Thank you for explaining the difference between ferns and bracken, I never knew that there was a difference. Like others comments before me, I too appreciate your knowledge of the flora and the way you share that knowledge.
Thank you Lee, I try to bring a bit of nature interest whenever I can as it makes the cannel a little bit different from the others...and you need to be different to stand out!
Hi Simon. I feel your pain ! On the day you mentioned, I'd decided to go to a new location that I hadn't had chance to scout. Plan was to photograph a lake with mist on it as the sun rose. I ended up with too little time, took a wrong turn in the forest and missed that sunrise !! I found the lake eventually...... I'm glad your false start(s) didn't spoil your day. I love the images. The sharpness of the fairy cap image is simply outstanding ! Thank you for sharing another hugely enjoyable video Simon.
I love mycological photography. Searching patiently, and lying on the ground all day, smelling and feeling the forest, is a great pleasure. And you don't need a big macro lens, I use old olympus om lenses, although a 60mm Nikon is justly famous. In Spain there are geniuses of fungy, I advise you to take a look at the work and publications of Alex Alonso.You can be accompanied by a camera with a 50 mm macro and a small gorillapod or carry as some do several flashes, color filters for flashes or even painted backgrounds, all the desire you have to carry weight or if you have Sherpas, hi, hi, hi
Thank you, yes I get exactly where you are coming from...those lovely organic smells of decomposing leaf litter hmmmmmmm! I will look Alonso up, thanks
Thank you Simon very enjoyable all the photos were beautiful I love watching you your knowledge is amazing I think you could make a video just on what goes on in the Woodlands without your camera and you would still have hundreds of followers thank you
I really like your sharing of the thinking you do about the light and the composition. I have not done micro-photography in the past, but I feel I'd approach it with an attempt to get the "dreamy" quality of nature seen in your work. Thank you for helping to give me more insight into a new area of photography.
Nice images! Just found ur channel today, thanks for the video. I didnt know the difference between bracken and ferns either til you told me, so thanks!
Just catching up with your vlogs. Love this one; nice to see the Manfrotto light in use!! Love both the images, elective focusing and wide open gives such a fantastic dreamy creation
I really liked the heather image. I was photographing some heather the other week and couldn't work out what looked good with my macro lens. You have given me an idea for next year.
I am binging all your videos at the moment - well paced, inspiring and full of some great tips. Always make me wish I was outside with my camera. It’s really helpful to hear your thought process as you’re working out a composition, thank you for making such great content!
Hi Simon, lovely vlog again... I do have a question though... Why is there not enough depth of field at f11 at short focal lengths? (so that you need to focus stack) I thought f11 and smaller apertures gave front to back sharpness... Please enlighten me... Thanks
Hi Steve I shoot medium format so f11 for me is like f8 on a full frame camera. I was at 1:1 on this image, so very close in, and depth of field decreases as magnification increases. I could have stopped the lens down to f22 or f32 like I used to in the days of transparency film, but defraction always meant loss of quality. Now that we can focus stack at the lenses optimum aperture, it makes complete sense to do it.
Love your videos,i live on the Lincolnshire Wolds so my subjects are limited. However most of your subjects are available.Not sure if my camera is suitable I have an Olympus OM-d.Love the heather shot.
I think your camera is absolutely suitable John as long as you have a good range of lenses. I generally have the full frame equivalent of 21mm through to 150mm at present. When I used to shoot Canon I had all the way up to 500mm but the kind of subjects I shoot these days doesn't require such focal lengths. I do miss my 100-400mm though. One lens I wouldn't be without though is my macro. Not because everything is shot at 1:1 but other things in that range also require a macro lens.
Scintillatingly simple delicately delicious a macro extravaganza with an infusion of indigo. Exquisitely executed if you get my drift. Less is more. A masterclass of creating beautiful relaxing imagery. A natures reset button for de-stressing, wonderful. That's high art indeed. Stimulating imagery. Right I'll just get my camera and head out. Thanks. Best regards Simon, keep churning them out.
Lovely pictures Simon...It’s always great to see places you think you know like the back of your hand featured in videos...you get a completely new perspective. Dunwich Heath is such a beautiful spot. Have you tried Westleton Common and the woodland that takes you down towards Minsmere? Not at all far from where you were, but definitely worth a visit.
Fantastic as always Simon, Both the fungi and Heather photos were beautiful! I only took a macro shot of some Heather just this week in Sherwood Forest, I can only hope they come out somewhere near as good as yours! Inspirational to watch this beforehand and thanks for the tip on the ferns. I didn’t know that. I have a fern plant in my garden and it is a cluster of long stems with leaves? Is that another type of fern? Thanks :-)
Really enjoyed that - it was the first video of yours that I had watched (directed here by a list of best photography channels) and didn't disappoint. I now know the difference between bracken and ferns and feel enriched!
@@davetucker2000 Please bear with me at the moment then. I have a backlog and can't find the time to edit them. There should be plenty in the back catalogue to keep you busy for now 👍
the fungus was great, the heather could have done with subject flower being in focus front to back and maybe less of the out of focus ones in the foreground/to the front left right, they seem to stifle the subject, making it look like they suffocating the image, the out of focus ones in the background work well.
You are one of a group of British photographers I have been following for some time now, but this is the first time I have heard any of you mention snakes of any kind. Living the Southeastern United States, I'm always cognizant as I enter snake habitat with multiple species of pit vipers one can encounter. I'm going to have to look up your adder, I wasn't aware there was anything poisonous in your region.
They’re not known specifically as something people regularly die from, but it is possible! It depends on your vulnerability! Anti venom is available should you get bitten.
First I've seen of your videos. I liked the pace, I really appreciated the approach to each image, and liked your talking through the beautiful images you captured, i.e. the mushrooms and the ending heather shot. Appreciated those takes more w/ knowledge of your varied approaches. Thank you.
It's quite an old one that too now Todd. Lot's of other content when you have time.
The heather pic is lovely. Nice work.
Thank you very much!
My new favourite photography channel, you're an excellent tutor.
Thanks for being here. It's very much appreciated.
I learn something new everytime I watch one of your videos 👍 the images are also amazing 👏
Thank you so much 😀
Absolutely brilliant I love your knowledge with wild plants and fantastic simplicity with your shots 👌👌👌
That's so nice of you, thank you Lee.
Great images and information again Simon 👍
I always learn from your fascinating videos. Thank you for another good one.
New one tonight at 6pm Ralph....UK time
Loved the Heather shot, very different from most i see. Also thanks for the lesson on ferns vs bracken.
You are most welcome Mike
A very chilled start to the day, really enjoyed Simon and the fungi match box wow! Very good shot 😍👍
Sorry Mail for taking so long to reply. I often reply to the films on the day I upload the new one. Thanks ever so much for watching, it's appreciated.
Simon Booth never worry about replying Simon, I believe the effort to make something and create images like you do should be applauded. It’s hard to keep up sometimes. I’m currently watching your latest, it would be great to see a book of your intimate woodland floor fungi.
Fantastic work,Simon loved the heather shot. you certainly got the fungi sharpe,hoping for more soon.
Colin I can alway count on you for watching...many thanks
thank you for all the information, especially bracken and fern differences - every day is a lesson. Superb images and some days never work out as planned!
Thanks Jill. Ferns look all the same at first glance, but there are a lot of them once you know what to look for.
Lovely image of the heather Simon. Has a nice dreamy feel to it. Also, thanks for the info on the ferns and bracken.
Thanks Susan. I was aware watching other photographers that there was a lack in fern knowledge so it seemed like the right thong to cover.
Sumptuous images Simon with the usual informative narrative. Brilliant.
Thanks as always Nigel. Good to see your regular comment again.
@@SimonBoothPhotography Always a pleasure to watch your work Simon..
Stunning images of the fungi, the small world around us is filled with beauty when we take the time to stop and look. Love your channel. Thanks Mike
Couple of cracking photographs Simon, especially like the Fungi, that Manffrotto diffused lighting has made them look like little illuminated lanterns.
Hi Paul, yes it did the trick well.
Lovely fungus and heather images. Nice to see you having to adapt your shoot. Thanks
it's pretty much the way I like to go out. Plans can be a little boring I find!
Fascinating! Thank you Simon. I just love your videos!!!!
We love you here to Charlene. Thanks for watching again.
Very lovely photos. I liked the last one very much. Very nice colours and a dreamy feel to it. Lovely!
Many thanks Kasper.
Absolutely wonderful, Simon. As an amateur mycology enthusiast (my wife and I love foraging mushrooms), I was fascinated by your main subject. And oh my, that heather shot! We would all pay good money to "see" as well as you do! Well done!
Hey Peter, I wish I could set stuff up as well as you do! More fungi in the new one on tonight 6pm UK time
As is my preference I enjoyed this whilst eating some lovely fresh poached eggs courtesy of our backyard flock. It seems appropriate somehow for your videos as they always focus, no pun intended, on the simplicity and pleasure of nature! Loved both the fungi and heather. Very different images on the face of it but both allowing the subject to speak. By the way, thanks for the simple method for differentiating bracken and ferns.
Thanks Martin, your accompaniment sounded great. The new one is due out tonight at 6pm so perhaps rustle up a Saturday night curry :-)
Some of those leaves are so bright and colorful against the forest floor. :) Lovely,
They were, weren't they! Thank you.
Beautiful images Simon and as ever a very enjoyable and educational video. You've inspired me to visit our local heathland where I know the heather is looking very colourful at the moment.
Hi Mike
Sorry for the slow reply. I tend to upload a new on the same day I respond to the last. Glad you enjoyed it. How did the shoot on the heath go?
@@SimonBoothPhotography - No problem Simon, I fully understand. Regrettably I haven't managed to get to the location. Each time I have had a little time the weather has been very wet and windy. I'll keep trying.
Fantastic images and hugely informative, the lighting for the fungi is an idea I will definitely borrow. Thanks Simon 👍🏻
Glad it was helpful Tony. Manfrotto are not paying me by the way!
love that image of the little fungus. Really enjoying your films. Really like the way you mix the content related to the natural world and photography.
Thank you Richard. Pleased to hear you’re enjoying the earlier content 🙏
I too always look for the best samples of fungi, unless I want to express the death and decay... beautiful images... thank you
I love the last photo, very nice. I appreciate all your tips. Thank you Simon.
You are very welcome Sandra. Thank you for taking time out of your day for watching
Every day is a learning day - I know know the difference between bracken and ferns, thanks Simon. I may share that knowledge and credit you to it in one of my vlogs!
Absolutely Jamie. Knowledge sharing is important. Thanks for watching.
Nice job Simon 👌🏻
The detail in that image at 12:18 is amazing, so I definitely like that one, but I also like the image of the Heather. Thanks for sharing
Blame the Pentax Tony, it's insanely sharp!
Mushroom image is the best for me... excellent.
The star of the show I thought!
The heather shot was so beautiful, with the one in the center and the out-of-focus areas surrounding it. Now I’m very inspired to try to find some here in the Swedish forests.
Hope you found some Robert?
@@SimonBoothPhotography Thanks for asking Simon! I didn't find any -- I looked it up, and learned that there really isn't that much heather in my parts of Sweden.
There are some heathlands down in the southwest, but even there it's rare, since most of it was replaced with planted forest in the early parts of the 20th century.
Around where I live in Stockholm there's more in the archipelago, but that requires going by boat, which complicates things. Even there it's just random shrubs.
You did inspire me to look closer on the ground though! Found some mosses with water drops, and some of it worked as an image.
@@robert_skonblad at least you are now wiser for it 😁
@@SimonBoothPhotography Yep, one always learns something!
Lovely images Simon, the fungi shot is outstanding.
Thanks Ted, I was pleased with how it turned out.
Fantastic images. Loved the heather and the fungi. Always a pleasure to watch
New one out tonight Alex
Hi Simon ! Great video !!!
A bit late joining the live viewing (sorry!) but enjoyed this content as always - thank you, Simon, for taking the time and trouble to put it all together, and for the generosity in sharing with us.
I was late myself Barry 😂
Love the fungy!👍
Awesome, the extension of our own eye through a camera. All the best from Australia/ stay safe
Martin
ps: Hows that fungi,,so important for the forest system as it is the lifeline to help all the plants to communicate and share sugars through photosynthesis.
Thanks Martin and good to hear from you all the way from Australia. Yes the mycelium strands are like veins under the leaf litter that we just never really know are there!
Wonderful video, lovely pictures, and what a lot we all learned. Thanks for all your efforts and for sharing your knowledge and vision.
Thanks David, I was pleased with how they turned out. It's nice to teach people about plants, I have a real affection for them.
Yup. I was home on the 4th of September, but even from my room I took just a phone pic of the sky to have it. Looked so gorgeous.
There you go, I knew someone would remember!
Love the image of the heather Simon. I have used a portable light source in a similar way when lighting fungi...it works well but your diffuser approach looks great. Slowing down or taking five -5- is a great way of refocusing -pardon the pun- the mind when doing any task orientated or creative process. Nice one... ;D
Slowing down is a must to get the best from our photography. I try to sleep on location now as much as possible to avoid the frantic stressful drive in the dark. I feel far more inspired this way.
Nice film and photos with the added bonus of teaching me the difference between bracken and ferns... Now I will be able to tell what I was trying to photograph the other day :)
Glad it was helpful Jeff
For a day that started out somewhat frustratingly, those two images show the rewards for perseverance. I especially like the mushrooms. I so seldom seem to find mushrooms so tightly packed and in such good condition. Great find and great photo!
Thanks Richard. I was quite surprised to find them considering it was starting to struggle.
Another fantastic video - thank you Simon. I really liked that you included the fact that not all attempts at capturing "the moment" go to plan; it's good to know this happens to others as well. Loved all your pictures. My favorite would have to be the fungi. Thank you for explaining the difference between ferns and bracken, I never knew that there was a difference. Like others comments before me, I too appreciate your knowledge of the flora and the way you share that knowledge.
Thank you Lee, I try to bring a bit of nature interest whenever I can as it makes the cannel a little bit different from the others...and you need to be different to stand out!
very beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Hi Simon. I feel your pain ! On the day you mentioned, I'd decided to go to a new location that I hadn't had chance to scout. Plan was to photograph a lake with mist on it as the sun rose. I ended up with too little time, took a wrong turn in the forest and missed that sunrise !! I found the lake eventually...... I'm glad your false start(s) didn't spoil your day. I love the images. The sharpness of the fairy cap image is simply outstanding ! Thank you for sharing another hugely enjoyable video Simon.
Thanks Tim, so we were rambling around together...hilarious I hope you managed to get something out of your day?
Nicely done Simon and thank you for the tips, love the last image!!
Glad you enjoyed it William
I love mycological photography.
Searching patiently, and lying on the ground all day, smelling and feeling the forest, is a great pleasure. And you don't need a big macro lens, I use old olympus om lenses, although a 60mm Nikon is justly famous. In Spain there are geniuses of fungy, I advise you to take a look at the work and publications of Alex Alonso.You can be accompanied by a camera with a 50 mm macro and a small gorillapod or carry as some do several flashes, color filters for flashes or even painted backgrounds, all the desire you have to carry weight or if you have Sherpas, hi, hi, hi
Thank you, yes I get exactly where you are coming from...those lovely organic smells of decomposing leaf litter hmmmmmmm! I will look Alonso up, thanks
Excellent, keep them coming. Love the fungi
Thanks, will do! Cheers for watching.
Very nice, I admire the time, professionalism, preparedness, etc. you take for the smallest of subject.
That's kind of you. I am a tad fussy aren't I :-)
Simon Booth ...and humorous :-))
Really nice images, especially after a difficult start!
Sometimes it takes a tough day to make the finds worthwhile! Thanks James
Loved both images, great eye for the details
Many thanks Jon...appreciated!
Great film! Loved the trick with the bag and light .. this is proper nature photography and learning
Cheers Ian. It does come in handy that white sheet. The light is something I have only recently started to use. I always had a flashgun before.
Thank you Simon very enjoyable all the photos were beautiful I love watching you your knowledge is amazing I think you could make a video just on what goes on in the Woodlands without your camera and you would still have hundreds of followers thank you
Many thanks Andy
I really like your sharing of the thinking you do about the light and the composition. I have not done micro-photography in the past, but I feel I'd approach it with an attempt to get the "dreamy" quality of nature seen in your work. Thank you for helping to give me more insight into a new area of photography.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, i really loved the lighting tip with the mushrooms!
Glad you liked it!
I've been absolutely loving your videos. So glad I came across your channel recently. The fungi shot was a great find.
That's really great John. I'm so glad you dropped by and decided to stay. New film out tonight at 6pm
@@SimonBoothPhotography good deal, I'm looking forward to it!
Great shot of the heather!
Thanks for watching Luis
@@SimonBoothPhotography my pleasure!
Another superb video Simon Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it Dave
Nice images! Just found ur channel today, thanks for the video.
I didnt know the difference between bracken and ferns either til you told me, so thanks!
So much to learn about so many things! wish I knew more!
I love that Heather photo, simple and effective. That area looks very familiar, like Westleton Heath or Hollesley Common.
I'm pretty sure it was part of Dunwhich Heath?
@@SimonBoothPhotography that sounds right, Dunwich heath and forest is next to Westleton Heath, a great area to explore
@@RussWeymouthPhotography I'm back there soon too! Hope the birches have started to change.
Wow they are amazing shots
Thanks, I was pleased with how they turned out.
nice one Simon loved the fungi you took, take care and stay safe
Thanks Mick, you too!
Just catching up with your vlogs.
Love this one; nice to see the Manfrotto light in use!! Love both the images, elective focusing and wide open gives such a fantastic dreamy creation
Thanks for putting me onto the light Andrew. I think they should send me (us) something for free :-)
@@SimonBoothPhotography i have just put mine on charge, can't wait to get out and use it
Great vlog. Compliments. Well done.
Thanks so much!
I really liked the heather image. I was photographing some heather the other week and couldn't work out what looked good with my macro lens. You have given me an idea for next year.
It's tough having to wait another year. Try the idea on other things!
I am binging all your videos at the moment - well paced, inspiring and full of some great tips. Always make me wish I was outside with my camera. It’s really helpful to hear your thought process as you’re working out a composition, thank you for making such great content!
Thanks Leah, that means a lot to me. A great deal of effort goes into the films and it's always great to receive such good feedback.
I enjoyed your positivity...!!
Thank you 😊
Hi Simon, lovely vlog again... I do have a question though... Why is there not enough depth of field at f11 at short focal lengths? (so that you need to focus stack) I thought f11 and smaller apertures gave front to back sharpness... Please enlighten me... Thanks
Hi Steve
I shoot medium format so f11 for me is like f8 on a full frame camera. I was at 1:1 on this image, so very close in, and depth of field decreases as magnification increases. I could have stopped the lens down to f22 or f32 like I used to in the days of transparency film, but defraction always meant loss of quality. Now that we can focus stack at the lenses optimum aperture, it makes complete sense to do it.
@@SimonBoothPhotography thanks Simon... Understood...👍
Love your videos,i live on the Lincolnshire Wolds so my subjects are limited. However most of your subjects are available.Not sure if my camera is suitable I have an Olympus OM-d.Love the heather shot.
I think your camera is absolutely suitable John as long as you have a good range of lenses. I generally have the full frame equivalent of 21mm through to 150mm at present. When I used to shoot Canon I had all the way up to 500mm but the kind of subjects I shoot these days doesn't require such focal lengths. I do miss my 100-400mm though. One lens I wouldn't be without though is my macro. Not because everything is shot at 1:1 but other things in that range also require a macro lens.
Fantástico
Some great images there Simon really enjoyed watching that vlog 👍
Thanks Chris. Keep plugging away for the good ones.
Thanks!
Hi Bobby. Is this real? My super-thanks is new and this post is showing an extremely high amount?
@@SimonBoothPhotography I'm inspired by your commentary and work.
Scintillatingly simple delicately delicious a macro extravaganza with an infusion of indigo. Exquisitely executed if you get my drift. Less is more. A masterclass of creating beautiful relaxing imagery. A natures reset button for de-stressing, wonderful. That's high art indeed. Stimulating imagery. Right I'll just get my camera and head out. Thanks. Best regards Simon, keep churning them out.
Oh my goodness, I had trouble reading all those long words in one sentence. I should have pinned this one :-)
I always enjoy the biology lessons like the fern vs bracken. Of today’s images, I like the single leaf the best.
Glad you liked it Bill
Lovely pictures Simon...It’s always great to see places you think you know like the back of your hand featured in videos...you get a completely new perspective. Dunwich Heath is such a beautiful spot. Have you tried Westleton Common and the woodland that takes you down towards Minsmere? Not at all far from where you were, but definitely worth a visit.
I'm there in a few weeks so I will ave a look, thanks
Lovely and well observed fungi and heather images Simon. Did you use Photoshop or a bespoke stacking program for the fungi?
I used the auto align and blend function in Photoshop John. Than you.
Sharp photos, is that a Pentax 645z , mate very impressive: That leaf you showed, didn’t think it would come out that good. Subscribed
Yes the detail in the final images is nothing short of jaw dropping from this camera.
Fantastic as always Simon, Both the fungi and Heather photos were beautiful! I only took a macro shot of some Heather just this week in Sherwood Forest, I can only hope they come out somewhere near as good as yours! Inspirational to watch this beforehand and thanks for the tip on the ferns. I didn’t know that. I have a fern plant in my garden and it is a cluster of long stems with leaves? Is that another type of fern? Thanks :-)
Thanks David. I would need to see your fern before I could speculate on the species I'm afraid. Hope your heather worked out too!
To me it’s a great hether photo. Loved the fungi aswell. Howmany stacks didi you need wth f11?
There were eight images in total in the end.
Really enjoyed that - it was the first video of yours that I had watched (directed here by a list of best photography channels) and didn't disappoint. I now know the difference between bracken and ferns and feel enriched!
Excellent Dave and welcome to the channel, may I ask where the link was?
@@SimonBoothPhotography I found it here : blog.feedspot.com/landscape_photography_youtube_channels/
@@SimonBoothPhotography looking forward to watching more ☺️
@@davetucker2000 Brilliant, thanks Dave
@@davetucker2000 Please bear with me at the moment then. I have a backlog and can't find the time to edit them. There should be plenty in the back catalogue to keep you busy for now 👍
the fungus was great, the heather could have done with subject flower being in focus front to back and maybe less of the out of focus ones in the foreground/to the front left right, they seem to stifle the subject, making it look like they suffocating the image, the out of focus ones in the background work well.
messylaura Photography is very subjective!
@@SimonBoothPhotography you asked :) it has opened me up to exploring fungi as a subjet for photography though
messylaura I wasn’t overly keen on it either but the point being, other people here do!
Awesome and very informative. New sub
Thanks James, very much appreciated.
The heather spike image was very nice. Did you have to add any blur in Photoshop or was all the bokeh achievable with the F4 aperture and close focus?
Philip Culbertson Hi Philip, it was all in camera. The 120mm Pentax macro is well known for its good bokeh.
Image like👍
You are one of a group of British photographers I have been following for some time now, but this is the first time I have heard any of you mention snakes of any kind. Living the Southeastern United States, I'm always cognizant as I enter snake habitat with multiple species of pit vipers one can encounter. I'm going to have to look up your adder, I wasn't aware there was anything poisonous in your region.
They’re not known specifically as something people regularly die from, but it is possible! It depends on your vulnerability! Anti venom is available should you get bitten.