Posted by JL Morris on December 23, 2007
Posted under
Color,
Critiqued,
Flowers,
Macro
The first moment I opened this photograph I thought I was looking at another Slot Canyon image. The semi black background and the shades of yellow, gold and red umber replicate the scenes we have seen and taken in the canyons of Arizona. But NO! This is a macro of flower pedals.
I keep saying the photographing of flowers requires interpretation by the artist in order to take us out of the ordinary. Well, here we have interpretation with imagination. The photographer has made this image his own.
What I am amazed by is the amount of focus detail that was captured with this macro photograph. The depth of field is remarkable for this amount of magnification. The subject appears to glow from within. You will also note that the background is not pure black but rather has a glow that appears to be coming off the subject.
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December 23rd, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Jim,
This image is a section of petals of a lily back-light with a 12 vlot halogen desk lamp. It was shot with a Canon 30D with a Tamron 90 mm macro f 2.8 lens. it was shot at
f 20.0, 1/6 sec, ISO 200.
Bill
December 24th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
The beautiful thing about this image is that it can be whatever you want it to be at that moment. The subject was two flower petals, but the PICTURE is something more. It is deep and complex in its simplicity. This picture is truly in the eye of the beholder.