Posted by JL Morris on January 16, 2008
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Color,
Critiqued,
Flowers
How many pictures have we all seen of the Eiffel Tower? A lot I am willing to bet. We have seen it photographed dozens perhaps hundreds of ways. It is the true photo-artist that can photograph the Eiffel Tower in a new way that makes us think of it afresh. The same is true for the common flower.
When you are photographing flowers look for ways ot seeing the subject anew. This photo-artist has selected to let us see the underside of the common subject but more than that he has used graphics and simplicity to get the point across. The green stem articulation in the lower left hand corner gives us the impression we are seeing the subject immerge into the frame. Lighting of this area gives it shape and actuates the repeating patterns. At the same time the petals become translucent with delicate back lighting.
Another item you may want to notice. The focal depth of field is extruding. This macro image must have been shot at f/64 (just kidding) in order to get this resolution.
I would call this simple but elegant.
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January 16th, 2008 at 9:09 am
This Fireball Hibiscus grows in my yard in the summer. When I chose this angle to photograph it was because there was little contrast in colors on the front of this large red bloom. On the back however, there was the green end of the stem that provided the needed contrast. I used the highest macro setting at the highest resolution to get this result. All of my photos are taken with an Olympus Camedia C-765 ultra zoom 4.0 megapixel camera. It is not an SLR although someday I would like to own one. Thank you, Jim for your comments. *****The only reason I commented twice on the Japanese maple picture was that I didn’t think the first comment got through. I guess it just takes a while.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Excellent composition of the flower and the detail is amazing!
January 18th, 2008 at 5:05 am
Thanks, Pat.