Wednesday, January 09, 2013

A Eureka Photography moment


Chookooloonks often publishes stunning photos of flowers with a very dark or black background.  She commented that she isn't shooting them in a studio--she shoots into the light.  I've puzzled over that comment for years.  Then, last night at dinner I looked at the flowers on the table and the setting sun was behind them and bam! I got it.  In the background is my messy family room, but you wouldn't know it to look at this pic!

Next up: figuring where on the flower to actually focus ;)

6 comments:

Lady M said...

Cool! You'll need to explain sometimes . . .

Katie said...

Beautiful! Isn't that the coolest moment?

Fyodor Sukhov said...

Wow! That is an awesome photo, amazing!

mayberry said...

Beautiful!

horace said...

If you stop down your aperture you may be able to get the whole flower in focus.

Asianmommy said...

So lovely!