​Tips for photographing flowers

To capture the most attractive aspects of flowers, it's not as simple as pointing the camera at them and pressing the shutter button. Flower photography is a field that needs you to inject painting and poetry, canvas prints and you need to fully reflect the aesthetic taste of the picture, not just make a simple record like plant taxonomy. There are many photographic methods and techniques to depict the beauty of flowers, each with its own strengths and each with its own unique image style.

How you shoot depends a lot on the background or surroundings, and whether you're shooting a single flower or a lot of flowers. If you have a sea of flowers in front of you, canvas online australia the best option is to use a wide-angle lens to paint this magnificent picture. For best results, it's best to get closer and let the flowers in the foreground fill the lower and middle parts of the frame to fully express the scene.

The sky is also an important element. A bright blue sky (like the one above) contrasts with yellow or red flowers, especially if there are clouds floating across the sky. On the contrary, if the sky is pale and without details, a small line of sky should be left at the top of the picture, or even not the sky at all, cheap canvas frames because it does not help the presentation of the picture.

One of the ways to capture a single flower is to use a macro lens to highlight the shape, outline and even details of each petal. In this case, it is best to use a soft light source, as this will avoid hard shadows, bright spots and reflections. So a cloudy day is a good time to take these pictures. Soft light also works well to show the subtlety and delicacy of petals and other details, as well as subtle colors and textures.

Come closer:

Shooting with a macro lens requires a certain amount of patience, especially when it comes to composition -- even a slight change in the camera's position can have a big impact on the composition of the image. In addition, the control of depth of field needs to be very careful. To get a large depth of field, use a smaller aperture to keep as many flowers in focus as possible. On the other hand, if you shoot with a wide aperture, you can get a dreamlike, abstract image, and feel the beauty of shape and color.

Both wide-angle and macro photography have their place in the field of flower photography, but you might also want to try using a short-focus or even long-focus lens to make a single flower, or even a small cluster of flowers, stand out from the background. The shallow depth of field provided by a telephoto lens allows the image to focus on the subject and blur the background (and foreground). This is also a powerful way to photograph flowers, resulting in a simple composition with attractive color blocks.

Key skills:

1. Be selective

Don't wait too long before the first flower you see. Along the busy sidewalks, the flowers are often gaunt, so keep looking for better ones. Research the common types of flowers in your area to find out when they bloom.

2. Start early

Try to shoot in the morning, when the wind is lighter and the light is softer. Determine the type of shot you plan to take, and bring the right lens -- wide Angle, macro, or long focus, depending on the subject.

3. Firm support

Hold the camera to find the best composition, and after determining the location, position the tripod. Choose an appropriate aperture - f/16 for maximum depth of field, f/4 or f/5.6 for shallow depth of field. Set a low ISO value, use the shutter release, and enable the reflector prelift function to ensure a clear picture at low shutter speeds.

4. Vary your angles

When you find a model flower, make the most of it. Be as creative and experiment as you can. Flowers don't run, so you can patiently observe and photograph them from every Angle, and change different lenses to create different effects.

Experiment with different compositions and focal points

How you portray your subject will largely depend on the lens, aperture, focal point, light, and composition you choose, any of which will have a significant impact on the final result. Shallow depth-of-field effectively separates and highlights a particular element, leaving everything else out of focus. In macro photography, this effect is very dramatic, and any small change in the focus position can dramatically change the effect. You can bring the camera close to a cluster of flowers, glass prints online walk through them, and focus on a distant flower. This creates a halo of blurring around the subject, while only the subject is clear.