Sunflower

This image was taken with my 5D on a wet summer's afternoon in my conservatory. I wanted to convey what it was that holds up such a large imposing flower. Whilst the petals are very delicate the actual structure of the flower is quite coarse and hard. Everyone has seen the traditional view of a sunflower either shot from a low angle upwards into a radiant blue sky or showing the millions of seeds contained in the centre of the flower. Like a lot of things I do in life I strive to be different and I am always looking for another viewpoint. I think also that this is what sets some artists and photographers apart from others....they look, feel and get to know their subject. A sunflower is a good example of this as many of us from a small age have grown sunflowers in our gardens to wonder at their height and majesty...add to that they are so simple to grow.
There is no technical expertise involved in this shot as the setup was simply natural light with a white card placed behind the subject. The sunflower was then placed in a vase and to hold it steady I used some wire to attach it to the vase. I did however use a tripod and another piece of white card to act as a reflector to bounce light back onto my subject. When it came to editing, again very little was done other than crop the image and slightly saturate the reds to bring up the veins in the petals.
Well that's it, the start of a new blog which is really just about how I feel about a certain image or if it helps others some basic technical detail on what I did to create the shot in the first place.