Mark Crawshaw

Mark Crawshaw is a semi professional photographer with a passion for all things photographic. Not specialising in any specific areas he has a range of photographs covering many areas of photography, but I was particularly interested in some of his woodland images.

I like the way the he ash used the vibrant green of this oak shoot, to contrast with the rich darkness of the earth.

Focusing on the fungus in this image, has has used a wide aperture setting to completely blur out the background. The fungus itself has a very interesting shape and texture. Once again though, he has contrasted the colours within the fungus against the green background to help to make the subject stand out.

 The use of light here really makes these leaves shout out of the image.

 I love the soft and dark nature of this image. It has an autumn feel about it and the rich golds and oranges give it that dark autumn night, almost 'Halloween' feeling.

Excellent use of  focus in this image creates a surreal image with the outer edges completely blurred. The line of the branch draws your eye into the image, which is also exaggerated by the vignetting effect around the edges.