Earlier
this spring I photographed spring blossoms off of Storrow Drive in
Brighton, Massachusetts. While running errands I noticed the tree
blossoms in full bloom and was inspired to go back later that day. It
was somewhat of a cloudy to sunny day that would make for great floral
photography. Upon arrival I started exploring the scenery but wasn’t
able to compose a intriguing photograph of the overall scenery, there
was either Storrow Drive in the picture or the path underneath the
blooming trees distracted from the composition. I therefore decided to
focus on more intimate Close Up Photography and started looking around
for suitable subjects. There were plenty of them and I didn’t need to
look long. In the first picture I isolate a spring blossom against other
blooms in the background. To do so, I choose a large aperture setting
and combined with a long telephoto lens focal length provided
me with the desired shallow Depth of Field that stirs most of the
attention on the blossom of the branch. Aperture in this first
photograph was f/5.6 providing an exposure time of 1/25 of a second at
ISO400.
In
the second photography image I isolated a blooming tree branch lit by
sunlight against a dark background in the shadows. This ensured a short
exposure time and even darkened the backdrop further thereby beautifully
isolating the pink floral and make the colors truly pop. An aperture of
f/5.6 provided a shutter speed of 1/15 of second at ISO400.
During
routine post processing I removed dust spots, minimally adjusted
contrast, lighting and color saturation before sharpening the final
photography image of “Spring Blossom” and “Pink Blossom with Raindrops”.
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