Dahlia
Flowers are difficult to photograph because we have all seen so many of them represented in images over the years. Many if not most are just record shots of nature’s beauties. It takes the eye of an artist to interpret the flower and show it to us in a new way.
This ball of glowing color and light tells us that this photo-artist has seen beyond the pretty flower into the heart of the subject. The photograph was taken up close cropping out the environment and getting to the lines and colors displayed within the subject. The inner illumination radiates light like a fire within a smoldering volcano. Notice the cant of the axis of the compostion; about twenty dagrees off the horixontal, this adds addtional interest to the layout.
This image would be eye catching at any size form a postage stamp to a wall size poster. It is color and simplicity that sets this composition apart.
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May 27th, 2008 at 9:59 am
The day was perfect, the sun was right and the Dalihas were in full bloom. I never shoot flowers without a reflector which means I can control the direction and intensity of the light. Thanks Jim
May 28th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Simply Beautiful! Roy.