joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

If you want people to run away, walk around with one of these on your shoulder 🤪🤓🤓🤪

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

I enjoy photographing mushrooms. It I believe you took it to a whole new level. It is almost mythical. Alice in Wonderland would be very pleased with your rendition.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

You are getting started late in life I am living late in life~! I will be 88 4/1/24, started learning the technical side of photography when 10y old and attending a class with my sister. My getting out and about has slowed down and my favorite camera is only 11 Oz a 3-ring circus of abilities with a 1" sensor, the Panasonic TZ100. Though I have had it for 5 years, I am still discovering its abilities, a book on it has helped. Additionally, this section has mentioned people's unique techniques, for example Pep Ventosa

Today going thru my old books one of the saved magazines, I found Photoshop blend modes... a page with 24 images. I will post that someday soon. Over the years I have bought many books for little money from Betterworldbooks. Looking at the art of the old masters is educational, as are the newer masters.

I am a Paintshop Pro guy, low cost excellent abilities, couple that with Topaz and you have a darkroom workshop. AI helps clean up, but image-creating robotics is, to me, not photography. I find some of the modern automation for the beginner stuff is there and the classic tools are gone. As an Environmental Consultant Excel was a great tool, then the newer-better update was not better, it did what it thought you wanted, and the "expert" lost control to the AI-you-must-want automation.

Flamingpear is a good source of free plugins from their archived section. End-of-year 50% sale at JIXIPIX is a good source of some interesting programs. Giveawayoftheday is also part of my toolbox, tho perhaps only 5 times a year.

Life is forever changing, and Bob Dylan was correct with "The Times They Are A Changin' "
https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/1112/

Do have fun, do be outrageous.

PS: I had fun turning a Nikon 1 J1 into an IR camera, it has a 1"sensor and interchangeable lenses.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Now Joe, the people in the cemetery you photographed in IR would not run away. You do excellent work... viewing your work is an education of excellence.
The cemetery... https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-794774-1.html

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

I said I dug a little hole for the camera... actually, it was a rabbit hole. The underside of a mushroom is where all the action is. https://teelixir.com/blogs/news/anatomy-mushroom-parts
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I mentioned blend modes in PS, but probably the same for all edit programs
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/blending-modes.html

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Gene splicing is a dangerous endeavor. Nice colors.

magnetoman Loc: Purbeck, Dorset, UK

I like the drama the pov produces Don, and the colours. I do try to vary pov when shooting but don’t feel I have much success for one reason or another. Seeing your result, I’ll have another go when I’m out for a ramble.
I am a great believer in your signature quote ‘gather ye pixels……’. They can come in useful quite unexpectedly!

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Magneto man, that quote is my reminder that digital film is without cost. In Argentina in a place that I would visit only once, there was a canal and a sunken fishing boat with plants growing in it, I took only one photo I did not "gather ye pixels while ye may." I have regretted not having photographed up down left right. I have used the one image several times, but more if the angle was different. This is also an argument for compact pocket Superzooms with 1" sensors, their images are better than the most expensive full frame because they are there in hand and not in the closet like the big bag of costly equipment. I have a Panasonic TZ100.

Point of View: My Son-in-law is 6-2. He was taking photos of grandchildren's scalp tops. My unwelcome criticisms finally convinced him to go down on his knees to be on a level with the subject. The same POV style applies to cats, dogs, and untied shoes.

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Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

I Love your tip on camera placement.
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lnl Loc: SWFL

You presented interesting information, Don. I am much more aware of perspective and POV than I ever was. I just wish I was as agile as I used to be! Hence, digging the hole for camera placement.
I like your mushroom photo a lot. Kind of psychedelic, certainly colorful. It’s interesting to read about your art work and painting in the “old days”. Maybe in today’s world, the little old ladies would not be the winners and you could climb to the top.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Great post Don. The colors turn the mushrooms into Shrooms. Although I am younger than you, only 80, I have only two points of view, standing or sitting. Any other requires the help of two strong people to get me up again. A suggestion to those who ageing, consider getting a camera with an articulating screen.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Curmudgeon, yes, getting up from the floor is hell, the hole i dug for the camera is for the lower half of the camera. But that is rare... ground level is usually OK. I also carried scissors to trim the grass...

In 2016, I was agill and redoing this disaster repo condo.. all myself... then in 2016 checking on the non-working AC, the attic steps gave way, and disappeared, and I waist hi into the attic and it was free-fall to the floor. broke 4 ribs, and messed up my right hip year of therapy... that was a turning point in my illusion of being forever young.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

As always, I enjoy reading your explanations and exploring the references for your thinking. I use #b quite a lot with my IPhone. It produces some interesting images.

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

Awesome image with the usual and very much appreciated history lesson and technical discussion. Great job thanks for posting.
Erich