Daisy
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
Pasadena, California. The Huntington Gardens. I was hoping for lots of things to be in bloom but it was slim pickings today. There was a nice bed of these daisies and I set up the tripod low and sat there on the grass waiting for the breeze to die down. Numerous photographers stopped to see what I was gawking at. Some walked on, not seeing the interest in this 5′ by 15′ clump of flowers. Some, however, stopped and talked and it was fun to see what their take on shooting flowers was and watch them shoot.
Only one man, from China, took his time, setting up his tripod and getting low enough to get a decent side view of the flowers. I don’t know what he got but it didn’t matter, both of us were fishing on a calm lake and we enjoyed looking at the flowers as much as the process of attempting to snag one in a photograph. I haven’t been doing much shooting lately so was a bit rusty but in fact, I think I got a nice one here.
Richard, it’s a spectacular floral photograph. Absolutely stellar. Do make a notecard of it, and a big print.
Um, wow. This is just stunning Richard. Very nice. The colors are ridiculous.
Gary and Justin: Thanks for stopping by, I know I’ve not been pumping out the images lately.
Justin: the colors are natural, nothing pumped in camera or Lightroom, I actually desaturated things a bit because it was almost too much. The sun was top left and it illuminated the inside of the flower like a light bulb. I think that’s what did it.
Thanks for looking.
Really beautiful, Richard. I like the glow in the lower area of the flower.
Thanks Dale, it was lit from above like a light bulb, that’s where that glow came from. This kind of shot makes shooting with high sun more appealing.