I like simplicity in flower pictures, they just work better that way. However, it’s very difficult to keep it simple enough! Often, like in my campanula -picture here, you have to manipulate the background some way or another to get the result you want. Black cardboard was used in this very case. -Also had quite a job in getting a decent angle for my shot.
Light is another very important element of a picture. I couldn’t use flash here, because it would’ve spoiled the whole appearance of a delicate flower. No, I needed some backlight and found it. I rarely shoot pictures other way, I have developed a tendency to shoot my flowers in backlight :-P
Oh, BTW, we are getting a new book for plant identification: Suuri Pohjolan Kasvio. Seems to be the same book Minna is using, but this one is in Finnish though. I really wanted to get a good one for plant ID and I think this is the one.
My school is getting out for summer, getting out for ever :-) I’m finally graduating in few weeks! Me so happy!
Yesterday we twitched a rarity in lake Enäjärvi: White-winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) was visiting us with two Black Terns (C. niger). Bird was extremely beautifull! Sometimes we seem to have some luck in twitching :-D Last year, in the very same place, we weren’t this lucky with Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis).
