Mushroom tip: try a wide-angle lens

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Autumn is mushroom season. Grab a macro lens and you can take beautiful photos. But a mushroom on its own is a little lonely. Show its surroundings by trying a wide-angle lens.

There are many types and shapes of mushrooms. You can really enjoy yourself when they spring from the ground 'like mushrooms' in autumn. There is a reason for the saying.

With macro, you can capture mushrooms beautifully. You can choose a shallow depth of field to use your lens's bokeh for atmosphere and calm.

You can also zoom in on details, revealing a world of its own. A macro lens makes it all possible. The only problem is that it becomes difficult to show the mushroom in its surroundings.

Try using an extreme wide-angle lens to photograph mushrooms. This lets you capture the surroundings perfectly. It offers a completely different view of mushrooms.

Get close to the mushroom. You will find that this works very well with an extreme wide-angle lens. Combine it with the widest aperture and you even get unusual bokeh.

Do you also want the surroundings to be sharp? Then it becomes difficult to achieve that in a single photo, even with the smallest aperture. Use focus stacking instead. The mushroom gives you plenty of time for it.

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