Glorious Morning

3 years 7 months ago #694315 by stevendillonphoto
Glorious Morning is from my Naturally Abstract collection and was composed at Hopeland Gardens in Aiken, SC. 

I have wanted to capture a morning glory for several years now, but they can be quite difficult to frame in a way that is aesthetically pleasing.  For most macro photographers, a limited depth of field can be problematic when dealing with a flower that has a stigma so deep inside of it.  For example, if you place the focal point on the stigma (or even deeper into the center of the flower) while composing straight down into it, the zone of sharpness is too shallow to hold details in the petals.  So, you end up with a nice stigma surrounded by simple colors.  Which may very well accomplish your intent and create a naturally abstract feel, but I can say from firsthand experience that it wasn’t quite good enough for me, and I desired more than that.  Unless you are going to employ focus stacking, you may need to find a better solution. 

When I realized that I could work the camera around to an angle that would keep details in the stigma and the petals, I knew I had to create a composition that featured this subject.  My artistic vision was to position the stigma in such a way that it appeared to be some type of a brilliant source of light that had lit the surrounding area while shooting rays out in all directions.



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3 years 7 months ago #694355 by Kira Minori
Wow! This is spectacular. The lighting is just perfect. Nice colors as well. 


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3 years 7 months ago #694457 by Jack Mason
Very vibrant! 


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3 years 7 months ago #694677 by Joshua Atkins
No doubt it is. The lighting is perfect in here. 


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