Flowershots
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:26 amI decided to post these two shots I took on the weekend, mostly because while I quite like both, I'm not so certain about their overall effectiveness and how I might best improve them.
This flower was actually mostly closed, so I shot it from head-on, focusing on the centre and letting the petals be as blurry as they wanted to be. (shooting from the 'if it's blurry it's art' school!)
This was originally a portrait-style shot from side on, showing the full flower and a fair bit of sky, but I decided to crop it to landscape to highlight the one stamen (pistil?) surrounded by its peers, framed (sort of) by the petals on each side.
This flower was actually mostly closed, so I shot it from head-on, focusing on the centre and letting the petals be as blurry as they wanted to be. (shooting from the 'if it's blurry it's art' school!)
This was originally a portrait-style shot from side on, showing the full flower and a fair bit of sky, but I decided to crop it to landscape to highlight the one stamen (pistil?) surrounded by its peers, framed (sort of) by the petals on each side.
