I took this macro photo in the Leuvenumse bos in the municipality of Nunspeet on the Veluwe. These 8 small mushrooms in the photo were in a hollow of a tree near a stream. I didn't really look to see what kind of tree it was, after all it is a mixed forest that I was photographing in. I personally suspect that this mushroom is the honey fungus. These little mushrooms are often found in the Veluwe forests, just like the moss. To take this picture I used a reportage flash with a small soft box that was not on my camera but on a tripod. I also had an 85mm macro lens on my camera.
Welcome to my shop. My name is Gerard de Zwaan and I was born in 1983 in the Veluwe town of Harderwijk where I grew up and still live. I started photography in 2013. My first camera was a Nikon D3200 which I still own and is now as a.. Read more…