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My New Trick For Getting A Great Flower Photo

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My New Trick For Getting A Great Flower Photo

I had an interesting idea for how to photograph a flower.  It's probably new to just me and has done by many others……  but, it worked fantastically. 

I was trying to get a close up photo of a Meyer Lemon flower  – my latest favorite new house plant. There were so many leaves and background distractions in the photos, so I grabbed a sheet of black paper. Held behind the flower, it  allowed me to get a photo of just the flower. And WOW  – a really great photo.  Take a look and see what you think!

Meyers lemon flower

Isn't that wonderful?!

Meyer's lemon flower

The black background really makes the white pop.

Meyer's lemon

and here is the baby lemon ?

9 Comments

  1. Love that idea and the flower just jumps off the shot – very well done:)

    June 13, 2011
  2. Thank you for sharing your wonderful trick.  Your flower pictures are so beautiful!

    June 13, 2011
  3. Wow, great trick!

    June 13, 2011
  4. Sibstudio
    Sibstudio

    Thank you!  I was really excited about how well the photos turned out!

    June 13, 2011
  5. Love the black background!  Thank you for posting.

    June 14, 2011
  6. Ups, something went wrong with the link, sorry!

    June 16, 2011
  7. Sibstudio
    Sibstudio

    Kanelstrand –  the dark blue works really well too!  Makes the flowers pop.  I think it gives the whole photo an elegant look too.

    June 16, 2011

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