some flower photography

[mathjak107]

 

[RadishRose]

I love these. What miracles flowers are.

 

[mathjak107]

yeah , i never thought i would have much interest in botanical gardens since there wasn't enough blood and broken bones in them to hold my attention . but through the years io just found i really like photographing flowers and bugs

 

[Keesha]

Those are beautiful flower pictures math. A couple of weeks ago I took some similar photos to yours. The gardens just caught my interest. I’ve got some zinnias like yours as well as dahlias and sunflowers.
Bugs are also very fun to photograph I admit.
Lovely colours you have there.

 

[mathjak107]

post them .... lets see them

 

[Keesha]

really?:shrug:

 

[Keesha]

 

[mathjak107]

very pretty

 

[mathjak107]

one thing i always try to do is think like a painter in reverse.

a painter has to think about everything they will include in a painting .

as a photographer i have to think about everything to exclude from the picture .

anything not adding to the scene takes away in my opinion so out it goes .

 

[Lara]

Beautiful, mathjak and keesha...all of them :love_heart:

I like that analogy of "painting in reverse"...works well for your photos

 

[Keesha]

I agree.
Do you paint also?
Many of my paintings have been done from photos I’ve taken.
Ive always loved echinacea in fall and think it would make a lovely painting as well as the sunflowers.
Gotta walk my girls.

 

[Keesha]

Speaking of painters, there she is?
Our little ray of sunshine.
Thanks Lara.

 

[mathjak107]

I agree.
Do you paint also?
Many of my paintings have been done from photos I’ve taken.
Ive always loved echinacea in fall and think it would make a lovely painting as well as the sunflowers. View attachment 56799
Gotta walk my girls.

yeah i do paint , but i get so frustrated when i go outside the lines of donald ducks head

 

[mathjak107]

most of the time i shoot in manual so i can control the back ground brightness then using little nikon macro flashes i let the flashes control exposure . that way i can float things in blackness or as bright as i like and everything in between .

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

I agree Lara. These photos are stunning.

Beautiful, mathjak and keesha...all of them :love_heart:

I like that analogy of "painting in reverse"...works well for your photos

 

[RadishRose]

These are all so lovely!

 

[-Oy-]

Some fab shots there. Flowers is not something I shoot a lot of - but here's a Hydrangea I spotted on holiday recently with some nice light going on.

Fuji X-Pro2 and 50-140mm F2.8 for those that care

 

[-Oy-]

And here's an older shot of a red rose I bought for Mrs Oy

 

[mathjak107]

nice -reds are hard colors to capture . they blow out so easy and look like featureless tomato skins . so you have to shoot reds darker . these still have good detail

 

[mathjak107]

Some fab shots there. Flowers is not something I shoot a lot of - but here's a Hydrangea I spotted on holiday recently with some nice light going on.

Fuji X-Pro2 and 50-140mm F2.8 for those that care

one thing i try to do is get rid of all those annoying bright circles in the photo's . that is why shooting manually with macro flashes is nice . it lets me adjust the back ground dark enough to get all that distracting stuff out . then i let the little flashes expose the subject .

 

[-Oy-]

Just shows how different approaches there are. I love those little bright circles

 

[Keesha]

That hydrangea is gorgeous. I love the blurry backgrounds in the photos.
How do you produce those effects?

 

[Keesha]

Those are all certainly paint worthy photos.
The colour and lighting are very intriguing.

 

[mathjak107]

photography is all about lighting . early on i learned how to best utilize flash photography so i can bring my own lighting even at high noon . when you can control the lighting you can control the aspects of the photograph .

 

[Keesha]

Thanks mathjak