We’ve been taking pictures (film and digital) for many years. Ted (the computer consultant half of the Cornerstone duo) even minored in photography in college. We’ve always tended more to pictures of people and animals than pictures of plants, but lately, I’ve been turning the camera towards flowers.
I finally figured out that the advice I’d been hearing and taking about people (get closer, any picture can be improved by getting closer, from Derrick Story’s Digital Photography Pocket Guide) applied equally well to flowers. And flowers don’t get embarrassed when you shove a camera in their face and suddenly look like deer caught in headlights.
Take a look at the three photos below, all of flowers in our turtle pond:
Only difference is how close I got and how I chose my point of focus (what the photo’s about).
Which do you like best? I like the last and closest one.
Here are a couple more flowers I’ve taken recently:
Artichoke
Lavendar
