Using small lights with mushrooms

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Using the existing light with mushrooms can produce fantastic results. Sometimes your own light gives the image just that little bit more character. Is the light not quite right? Put the mushroom in the light yourself.

Photographing in existing light offers many possibilities. As long as you can use the light in the way you want. With mushrooms, you do not always have enough options.

Mushrooms are small and often grow in awkward places, meaning the light does not have the quality you would like. In that case, you can use one or two small lights.

With your own light, you supplement the existing light. This gives you the quality of light that turns 'just a photo' of a mushroom into a more attractive image.

You can use small LED panels or special macro lights. I have the SmallRig RM-03, which I have also reviewed. They are relatively inexpensive and offer plenty of creative possibilities.

The secret to photographing with your own light is to add extra light subtly. The light must not dominate. If the use of your own light is not noticeable, you have done it right.

Of course, it all comes down to taste. You may prefer the photo without extra light. Or perhaps you would place your own lighting differently. That is what makes photography so personal.

Do you also use your own light when photographing mushrooms? Let us know in a comment below this post.

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