Muscari (Grape Hyacinth)
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Every Spring the Muscari bloom, and every year I shoot them. So do a good many other photographers. This is true of most flowers. We shoot them over and over. It seems to me that while the flowers do not change, what changes is how they are captured. A rose is a rose is a rose, and it is only the interpretation of that rose that makes it an expression of the artist. This is the nature of floral photography. We all shoot the same things, but we all shoot them differently. It is the interpretation, the vision, that is what we have to offer. I suppose the same is true for other kinds of photography as well, but it seems especially so with floral photography.
As for my vision, I like to look closely at things. Not just flowers, but most things. When I shoot flowers, I like the details, colors and shapes and I try to make those features prominent in my work. This is the biggest reason that I tend to employ depth of field stacking, so that I can get more depth and thus more detail, when I get close. When I look at something closely with my eyes, I see a great deal of detail and when I look at a photograph I want to see the same thing. The optics of the lenses we use do not allow us to capture what we actually see when we look closely. So, I take a number of images of the same flower taken with different focal planes and combine them in software to create more depth and more detail. To better match what I see when I look.
So every Spring I shoot the Muscari again. I do not know what I will see next year, but I'll probably shoot them then as well. Here's one for this year. I like to share with you what things look like to me. I appreciate your taking the time to look.
Muscari (Grape Hyacinth)
© Copyright John C. House, Everyday Miracles Photography. All Rights Reserved. Please do not use in any way without my express consent. As always, this is better viewed large.
Every Spring the Muscari bloom, and every year I shoot them. So do a good many other photographers. This is true of most flowers. We shoot them over and over. It seems to me that while the flowers do not change, what changes is how they are captured. A rose is a rose is a rose, and it is only the interpretation of that rose that makes it an expression of the artist. This is the nature of floral photography. We all shoot the same things, but we all shoot them differently. It is the interpretation, the vision, that is what we have to offer. I suppose the same is true for other kinds of photography as well, but it seems especially so with floral photography.
As for my vision, I like to look closely at things. Not just flowers, but most things. When I shoot flowers, I like the details, colors and shapes and I try to make those features prominent in my work. This is the biggest reason that I tend to employ depth of field stacking, so that I can get more depth and thus more detail, when I get close. When I look at something closely with my eyes, I see a great deal of detail and when I look at a photograph I want to see the same thing. The optics of the lenses we use do not allow us to capture what we actually see when we look closely. So, I take a number of images of the same flower taken with different focal planes and combine them in software to create more depth and more detail. To better match what I see when I look.
So every Spring I shoot the Muscari again. I do not know what I will see next year, but I'll probably shoot them then as well. Here's one for this year. I like to share with you what things look like to me. I appreciate your taking the time to look.