Happy Mothers Day, everyone!
Freshly sprinkled from an early morning shower, this beautiful ‘Forever Rose’ bush caught my gaze.
Photo Tech:
First, let me point out – cloudy overcast and/or rainy mornings are one of the best conditions for capturing wildlife and floral images. Light from an overcast sky, especially if it is one of those very bright – white – overcast mornings, diffuses the light helping to eliminate shadows, at the same time saturates color. It is a very exciting time to go out and shoot off a few frames – carry an umbrella if necessary, but get out there!
Though I do not suggest this – I hand held the camera capturing these images; much better to use a tripod when shooting in low light. As with most of my photography, the camera was set to Aperture Priority mode[1] and wanting some serious Bokeh – or blurring in and around the point of focus - I dialed in f/1.4 to f/3.0 for these series of shots. Composition was completed through the viewfinder and I shot off about 12 different composition-frames. Final numbers look like this:
ISO 100
Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens
f/2.2
1/320 sec – This relatively high shutter speed allowed for the successful hand- held capture of this image.
+1/3 exposure compensation
Post Production:
Slight color correction to rid just a hint of green color cast – I used CS5 for this process. No other modifications were necessary for the final piece.
[1] Aperture Priority Mode – user chooses the F/stop setting and the camera automatically selects the shutter speed.
