June, 2016
The image I chose for the June page of my 2015 calendar was this photograph of a single flower in amongst a mass of pink Dahlia flowers at the RHS trial fields at Wisley.
Every year Wisley trial lots of new flower and plant varieties. This interesting flower was just one of those. What’s nice from a photography point of view is that the trial beds are a good size and offer lots of plants.
A large number of plants means the photographer can really pick the perfect flower and as I have done here, frame it with a background of similar colours and shapes.
A nice shallow depth of field really allows the single flower to stand out. If it wasn’t such a nicely formed flower, the effect might not be so successful. A slight vignette added to the image in post production helps to focus the eye on the central subject.
However, a central subject composition doesn’t always make an interesting photograph. In this case though, I feel that the star shape formed by the flower is a nice strong compositional element in it’s own right.
Kit Bag
- Camera: Canon 7D
- Standard Zoom Lens: Canon EF 24-105m f/4L IS USM