May 28, 2011

Blue Spring Flower at Boston University

I always love when I find a floral photography object that I can beautifully isolate against an attractive background. My last one I found on a long walk with my wife when we passed a small Boston University garden on Commonwealth Avenue. The contrasting blue and purple colors of these spring flowers really stood out and immediately drew me in. The very next morning I made my way back to the location. A morning shower added priceless value in form of raindrops and color saturation to the spring flowers. I set up my tripod and camera and started exploring the blue flowers with my lens and camera. It took a while until I finally found a potential floral model that I was able to isolate against the purple flowers. The overcast sky provided ideal balancing photography lighting condition. The wind was a little problem but my persistence kept me shooting until I captured my vision. The camera aperture was set to f/5 that resulted in an exposure time of 1/80 sec. and provided the limited depth of field to blur out the flowers in the background nicely. I compensated the exposure by 1/3 of a step that helped to saturate the colors further and make the blue spring flower really pop. During the post processing I minimally adjusted lighting, contrast and color saturation before sharpening this floral image.


4 comments:

  1. This is beautiful Juergen and my favourite colours. I always feel inspired after visiting your site. Regards Coral.

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  2. Thank you so much Coral ... this is the best compliment I can get for my photography artwork. Glad you like this one too ... happy Sunday! Juergen

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  3. Such amazing photography Juergen! The colours are so vibrant. I like the way you explain how you capture your photos (aperture etc.).
    Thank you for posting.
    Rebecca

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  4. Thanks a ton Rebecca. I am always happy to get positive feedback on my blog and of course photography. The blog is sort of new and I still try to come up with new and interesting ways to explain things easier ... glad you enjoying it!

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