Getting this photo was much easier than before I owned my Nikon D750. Seeing what you are shooting while your camera is on the ground is almost impossible. Instead, you can use the Nikon DR-6 Rectangular Right Angle Viewfinder, which costs $265 and put this on your Nikon D750.

It attaches to the viewfinder, and you can bend over really low and lay on the ground close for these photos I took this morning of mushrooms growing in our yard.

Nikon D750, AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, ISO 3600, ƒ/8, 1/500

My technique didn’t require any other purchases. I just flipped out the LCD screen and put the camera in LIVE MODE, and was able to squat rather than lay on the ground. By the way, the sprinklers had run this morning, so I wasn’t interested in laying on the wet ground.

Fujifilm X-E2, FUJINON XF 18-55mm, ISO 6400, ƒ/10, 1/150

Here you can see that the camera is on the ground, and I can see all the settings and see well enough to compose my shot.

Nikon D750, AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, ISO 4000, ƒ/8, 1/500

To get these photos, I was in Aperture Mode. I also use Auto ISO, with the range ISO 200 – 12800. The shutter speed in Auto ISO is set to 1/500. I started shooting at ƒ/5.6, but because I was so close, the Depth-of-field was a little too shallow, so I closed it down one ƒ-stop to ƒ/8.

Mushrooms like this were one of those unexpected moments you wake up to and enjoy.

By getting so low to the ground for what we call the worm’s eye view, we could look up at the mushrooms.

Nikon D750, AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, ISO 6400, ƒ/8, 1/500