Haymaker Mushroom

Haymaker Mushroom

I have become enamored by tiny mushrooms in the grass since I can photograph them.  The reason is CamRanger.  

Camera Setup for Maymaker Mushroom

I am learning to do this setup quickly and effectively.  I have decided that, unlike this shot, it is okay to leave a few blades of grass in the image.  Too many block the view and detract.  I have learned to be careful when grooming the scene.  The mushrooms are quite delicate and one bump, if it does not destroy it, will break loose the dew drops.

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Rainbow in the Parking Lot

Rainbow in the Parking Lot

I like my Samsung Galaxy S4 and this is one of the reasons.  I was driving home late one afternoon when I saw a rainbow.  I was too tired to go chasing it but thought I would still like to capture it.  I stopped at the local church parking lot and made this shot.  I shan't have to pass up a rainbow in the future because of the lack of a camera.

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Summer Grape Tendril

Summer Grape Tendril

These tendril and leaves were over the trial and I noticed them one morning.  The trial was headed downhill at that point.  From the uphill side, it was almost at waist level.  From the other side, I had to use my milk carton and extent the tripod fully.

I tried a couple things.  I used the CamRanger for the high DOF captures.  The terrain caused some difficulty with composition.  I shot two series and blended them like a panorama in photoshop.  It went together such that I had to do "photoshop magic" to join the stem.  This is the other thing that I tried.  Somehow I was able to move back enough to get it all in the image.  I know that I had to raise the camera to do it.  I was able to crop out the rose holder, too.  I liked both results but this was my favorite.

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Sun Through Trees

Sun Through Trees

The Weather Channel said it was foggy that morning.  It was.  The fog was in the process of burning off when I made this capture.  There was a log on the ground in the foreground but by the time I finished my setup the light had moved past it.  I tried to dodge it but the effect was not enough.  I have been working the location and others along the stream so that when the conditions are right I can make the capture.  I have noticed that there is a great deal of variation in the conditions.  We had a foggy morning a couple days later and the clouds blocked the sun at the correct time.

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Obedient Plant

Obedient Plant

Cheryl Harner helped me with the ID of this plant.  I had erroneously thought it to be foxglove.  Apparently it is not even related.

Obedient Plant

I have been able to achieve these high DOF captures using the CamRanger.  I steady the plant using a rose holder and in some cases such as the one above, a light modifier.  I use an additional tripod to which I attach the rose holder.  I hang the light modifier in a tree or on another tripod.

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Common Garter Snake

Common Garter Snake

On the coldest morning lately, I saw this garter snake.  It had crawled up onto a goldenrod plant to get away from the cold ground and into warmer air.

Common Garter Snake

It may have been too cold to crawl away.  The temperature was 47° F.

Common Garter Snake

It allowed this portrait for which I was grateful.  I thanked it.

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Stink Bug

Stink Bug

It has almost been too cold, especially in the mornings when I am out, to shoot insects.  I did find a few stink bugs one morning.

Stink Bug

I like to supplement my flash shots with some without flash.

Stink Bug

I think this might be a larva.

Stink Bug

I think that, because the wings are not fully formed.

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