How to Take the Excellent Pictures of Flowers?

As everybody knows that, the life and love are the eternal themes for the writers. The do you know what is the theme for the photographers? Yeah! That is the flowers. Flowers are one of the most beautiful things in the world. It seems that all the writers willing to spend their time taking pictures on various flowers.

Do you know what factors or conditions are included in a group of excellent pictures? In my opinion, there are four factors included: attractive theme, perfect light condition, sample composition, harmonious colors. These four elements exist independently, but they also coordinate with each other to form a perfect picture. They have played important roles on the success of your pictures.

Theme

In our mind, we may think that those excellent or attractive pictures can only be taken in the famous mountains or rivers, and it is impossible to get the good ones around us. In fact, this thought is wrong, there is much good scenery around us, but we always ignore them and do not pay attention on them. Therefore, for the photographer, if you observe the flowers or the glasses around you carefully, you will notice that there are so many valuable themes around you.

Light condition

The light condition is important to the photographers. I had taken a lot of pictures on the flowers, and from my experience, under the condition of the natural light, the scattering light and backlight can get the better photographic result easily. The scattering light is soft and particular, so it can show the texture of the flowers perfectly; and the backlight can reveal the outline of the flowers, then make the flowers looks more bright and attractive, further more, the backlight can hide the messy background. Under the strong sunlight, if you apply the front lighting and side lighting, then the flowers can not be photographed into good pictures.

It is the best time to take photos for the flowers after raining, the air is fresh, the perspective degree is in the best situation, and most important, the flowers are charming at that time. You need observe the light degree carefully even you take the pictures with the scattering light. There is some slight differences between the front lighting and side lighting, when you apply them, please be careful.

Composition of the pictures Among all the categories of the photography, the flowers require the strictest composition of the pictures. The basic goal for the composition is to beautify and highlight the theme, so we should try our best to realize the goal. There are so many different kinds of compositions, such as the golden section law. If you want to improve your skill on the composition, you can learn it by appreciating these famous skills in the art, movies, and the TV.

Colors

The flowers are famous for their various colors and styles, so please pay more attention on the colors coordination when you want to take photos. A picture of flowers needs harmonious colors, rather than the messy colors. Each kind of flowers has its own colorful features, so you can select different colors according to different themes, light conditions, and the backgrounds.
　

The digital technology has opened up a wider world for photography, especially for flowers photography. Therefore, my dear friends please take out your camera (http://www.dinodirect.com/camcorders/ ), and record more beautiful flowers for us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Short History of the Honey Bee: Humans, Flowers, and Bees in the Eternal Chase for Honey $19.95 There are around 16,000 species of bee. Only seven of these are responsible for creating the world’s sweetest treat — honey. Combining Ilona’s gorgeous photography and E. Readicker-Henderson’s engaging text, A Short History of the Honey Bee follows the journey from flower to hive to honey throughout history.A Short History of the Honey Bee starts with the story of the honey bee — why it is named Apis mellifera, how it has evolved from a solitary creature to one that travels in groups, why it stings, and how pollination really works. Readicker-Henderson then moves on to the honey, detailing its history from a wild food foraged for on cliffs to the many varieties available for purchase today. But it is the everyday importance of the bee that remains the central message. Forty percent of the world’s food supply — including apples, tomatoes, and strawberries — is dependent on pollination by honeybees. Colony collapse, when the worker bees suddenly disappear and leave behind the queen and the hive, is an ecological and agricultural crisis. For this reason alone we need to be more aware of the significance of bees.

A Symphony for All Seasons $37.61 New – Seek and you will find solace in the beauty of nature. The petals of a flower, patterns of a leaf, wings of a butterfly are intricately interwoven as expressions of harmony in a fragile world of aesthetic beauty. Phil Emerson’s photography illustrates the appreciation he has for nature, as depicted in A Symphony for all Seasons.

Alaska on My Mind $32.95 Alaska on My Mind celebrates the essence of life in Alaska in its myriad forms. Each page of Alaska on My Mind reveals a different view of Alaska’s many faces, from the most majestic mountainscape to the tiniest tundra flower. Alaska’s land, creatures, children, and spirit are expressed in exquisite images from Alaskan photographers and in memorable quotations from writers whose voices have so beautifully sung the praises of life on the Last Frontier. In this timeless book so full of Alaska’s life, you hold a world of wonder in your hands.