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If there’s any truth to the old English proverb “April showers bring May flowers,” it will be a very colorful month of May where I live in Central Ohio. April has been a rainy, muddy mess.
So maybe I’ll get to add some new photos of flowers to my files in May.
I do occasionally set out to photograph flowers, putting a macro (close-up) lens on my camera to grab some flower shots in our yard. But most of my flower photographs are what I would … Continue reading
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A close-up of a Welchkins daylily, Hilliard, Ohio.
A geranium ready to bloom, Hilliard, Ohio.
Pink daisy standing above other daisies in our yard, Hilliard, Ohio.
Buds of the common fleabane wildflower hang from a stem in a field in Sharon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio.
A small bee visits a yellow flower in a field in Sharon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio.
A spiderwort stands above a field, Slate Run Metro Park, Canal Winchester, Ohio.
Purple coneflower, Sharon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio
A bee visits a sunflower in Sharon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio.
A wild rose grows in a field in Sharon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio.
An iris grows in the swamp in Six Mile Cypress Slough, Fort Myers, Fla.
A close look at a petunia, Hilliard, Ohio.
Common fleabane wildflowers bloom in a field in Sharon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio.
Dew drips from coneflower petals, Sharon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio.
Spidorwort in a field, Slate Run Metro Park, Canal Winchester, Ohio.
Close view of a white iris, Hilliard, Ohio.
A group of sunflowers, Sharon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio.
Hollyhock growing wild, Slate Run Metro Park, Canal Winchester, Ohio.
A lily in a garden, Hilliard, Ohio.
Pink painted daisies in a garden, Hilliard, Ohio.
call non-traditional captures.
I do occasionally set out to photograph flowers, putting a macro (close-up) lens on my camera to grab some flower shots in our yard. But most of my flower photographs are what I would call non-traditional captures.
Those non-traditional flower photos are the ones I capture when I’m out shooting wildlife. Instead of using a macro lens and getting very close to the flowers, I’m using the very long, very heavy 600 millimeter super-telephoto lens that I carry to photograph distant birds. I’m standing 15 to 20 feet away from the flowers when I press the camera’s shutter release button.
It’s an odd way to do close-up photography, but it works for me.
I’ll be hiking through a field on a spring or summer morning, looking for birds to photograph, when a flower, or maybe a group of flowers, catches my attention. Sometimes it’s because of how the color of the flower contrasts with its surroundings. Sometimes it’s because of the way the morning sun highlights the flower. And sometimes it’s because the flower is isolated from its surroundings in a way that makes it stand out.
Whatever the reason, I usually return from a wildlife photo hike with at least one photo of flowers.
