I hope you don't think I'm overdoing this type of 'tips' but fungi do provide a fabulous and relatively easy source of amazing subjects to photograph - for practise, for art, for identification, and for the awesome beauty of these 'fruiting bodies' linked to the huge underground mycelial webs.

In terms of Simple Photography Tips there's an interesting exercise you might benefit from; try in your imagination re-positioning the yacht, and seeing how the balance changes and how the significance of the various parts of the image change.

1. Fog hides distractions. Third picture, misty day is like you've slung a big sheet from a couple of helicopters; background gone, eye focuses on the tree. 2. Try black and white I've turned both images to monochrome, you can see that the colour complicates the image too much. 3. Use roads as leading lines Oh, and the road running from either sides, makes visual use of the interesting thirds, and takes the eye straight towards the subject.