Pholiota squarrosa?

[stevelucocq]

ok am not the best at IDing these types of fungi (and I have looked in a few books to get an idea but still not sure). Here are a few picture from the weekend, are the first lot Pholiota squarrosa found in semi-ancient woodland at the base of an old Beech that was in moderate health?

 

Also a picture of Ganoderma adspersum and Piptoporous betulinus. The last one I could not get anywhere near it but was in a large cavity in a Beech tree. Any ideas on what you can see? thanks

[David Humphries]

Really nice shots Steve, what's your hardware?

 

Last one could be Ganoderma applanatum, basing this on host being Beech? and fruiting body appearing to be on disfunctional heart wood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[stevelucocq]

Really nice shots Steve, what's your hardware?

 

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Thanks!..Ok….I do not use a special camera but have been taking pictures with my camera for a good few years. I use a Digital Sony Cybershot 5.1 megapixels with carl zeiss lens. The thing with digital camera is not the number of pixels but the quality of the lens and manufacture. My camera is only 5.1 megapixel but for most stuff its fine. I capture pictures on the highest quality the camera offers and then use http://www.imageoptimizer.net/Pages/Home.aspx to compression the image on the computer. This hardly affects the quality of the picture when viewed on the computer screen but decreases the file size by a considerable amount.

 

When taking the pictures I normally have the flash on in the day (gives better colours and sharper images as quicker shutter speed) and use the macro option for close up shots. (This gives a good depth of field with the focal part of the image in focus). Apart from that learn how to focus your camera with the focus selector of the camera and then move the camera to move the focal point (the part in focus) of the picture to another area of the picture, if you get me?…apart from that take loads!

 

heres one of my best shots from the French Alps with that camera.

[Gaynor]

ok am not the best at IDing these types of fungi (and I have looked in a few books to get an idea but still not sure). Here are a few picture from the weekend, are the first lot Pholiota squarrosa found in semi-ancient woodland at the base of an old Beech that was in moderate health?

 

Also a picture of Ganoderma adspersum and Piptoporous betulinus. The last one I could not get anywhere near it but was in a large cavity in a Beech tree. Any ideas on what you can see? thanks

 

Lovely shots

You guys are inspiring me to dust down the old SLR and take part. Can you still get ye olde films developed?

[David Humphries]

Thanks!..Ok….I do not use a special camera but have been taking pictures with my camera for a good few years. I use a Digital Sony Cybershot 5.1 megapixels with carl zeiss lens. .

 

 

Have got the H50 Cyber Shot meself.

Had it a month or so, must of taken hundreds of shots so far.

 

Went and clattered it on the blinkin mewp cage yesterday

 

Can stilll use it, but the retracting LCD screen is mullered.

 

Gonna try and send it back to Sony for repair.

Not holding out for warranty though

 

 

 

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[stevelucocq]

Lovely shots

You guys are inspiring me to dust down the old SLR and take part. Can you still get ye olde films developed?

 

 

Sounds good...dust away!

[stevelucocq]

Have got the H50 Cyber Shot meself.

Had it a month or so, must of taken hundreds of shots so far.

 

Went and clattered it on the blinkin mewp cage yesterday

 

Can stilll use it, but the retracting LCD screen is mullered.

 

Gonna try and send it back to Sony for repair.

Not holding out for warranty though

 

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nightmare, hopefully good old Sony will help you out.

[Will Hinchliffe]

Lovely shots

You guys are inspiring me to dust down the old SLR and take part. Can you still get ye olde films developed?

 

If your going to bust out the SLR buy some slide film. The quality is fantastic and you can just scan them straight onto your computer. I think it works with most scanners.

[Jason James Gairn]

Lovely shots

You guys are inspiring me to dust down the old SLR and take part. Can you still get ye olde films developed?

 

Films are expensive, go on treat yourself and go digital. But if you want to stick to film (and film is still amazing) Slide is more sensitive to exposure error, but looks great, negs can also scan and simply reversed for a positive image.

Nikon and Canon, who are the leaders in DSLR cameras, both make great entry level cameras. I'm a Nikon user, but theres not much difference at any price range.