Good day.
I have quite a lot of different flowers growing in my garden and of course it would be terrible of me not to photograph them.
During the process of taking a whole bunch of trial and error photos I realized that I can still make use of my over exposed photos, which of course would usually end up deleted.
I found that in a photo where the flower was over exposed and the background was quite dark I could still adjust the brightness and contrast to create something amazing.
I managed to manipulate the photo to achieve a completely blacked out background which left the flower as a center piece.
The following is a collection of my favorite floral photos with the above mentioned effect. I will add both the before and after pictures. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
The process behind capturing images like the ones above is quite easy to accomplish with any entry level or even the more advanced dslr cameras. I do believe it will be easier to achieve similar or even better results when using a black backdrop to simulate the darker parts of the image.
All of the above images were taken with a Canon 350d paired with the Tamron 70 - 300mm lens. This lens is my all round favorite as it performs well in both nature photography as well as portraiture. It also has a very compact build making it somewhat smaller than most lenses in that range. I will try to do a post with a full review of my gear in the near future to do some more in depth explanations of what works for me.
Thanks for your time and support.
Joshua Baxter😊.