Yellow Tulip
Is it better to capture a field of flowers or to concentrate on the detail in a single peddle? By showing less the photographer often says more about a subject than if they show too much. That is to say simplicity more often than not gets the messages across better than complexity.
This interpretation has the feeling of liquid light. The brilliant butter yellow has had a soft focus filter applied to the top area of the image allowing the focus to become sharper the closer we get to the center. The hue goes from bright gold to muted yellow-orange. The use of black as a background, something I normally don’t recommend, works very well with this composition giving a stark contrast between the subject and background.
The green stem is at an angle giving the feeling of a gentle breeze. Two peddles wrap around the orange and brilliant yellow as if they are holding the light in a cup of peddles. There is a wholesome freshness about this photograph that makes the view feel contented.
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June 30th, 2008 at 11:18 am
I love using a long lens (300mm) with tubes, great effect with a very small DOF, and yes this is really wet belly photography. If you’ve never been to Descanso Gardens at tulip time you are missing a good photo opp.