Flame Acanthus
Over the long pandemic I developed an ability to capture close ups of blooms around my yard. The camera mounted on a tripod and the blooms protected from breezes allows sharper focus on the flame acanthus, Anisacanthus quadrifidus, and not worry much about the depth of field. My camera sensor with its macro lens is only about 25 centimeters from this flower so my depth of field I know will be small. I put the far-left anther in sharp focus in hopes that the others will be acceptable focus. The petals from the acanthus flower are mostly in focus. I dehazed the photo to accentuate the contrast. I toned down the brightness of the anthers on the left flower. The contrast between the red-orange and the mottled out of focus greens of the background pushes the flowers forward. The sunlight lightens the throat just enough to where the filaments can be seen emerging from it.
Flame Acanthus
Over the long pandemic I developed an ability to capture close ups of blooms around my yard. The camera mounted on a tripod and the blooms protected from breezes allows sharper focus on the flame acanthus, Anisacanthus quadrifidus, and not worry much about the depth of field. My camera sensor with its macro lens is only about 25 centimeters from this flower so my depth of field I know will be small. I put the far-left anther in sharp focus in hopes that the others will be acceptable focus. The petals from the acanthus flower are mostly in focus. I dehazed the photo to accentuate the contrast. I toned down the brightness of the anthers on the left flower. The contrast between the red-orange and the mottled out of focus greens of the background pushes the flowers forward. The sunlight lightens the throat just enough to where the filaments can be seen emerging from it.