Another from Jack's flower garden - a white freesia (Iridaceae). What caught my eye was the train of buds flowing off to the left, which a tried to keep in focus as best I could. The eye first sees the white flower and stamens, but later, the buds give the eye a place to wander in the composition. A white subject over a dark background can be a tough shot, as many auto-exposure systems will try to expose the dominant background causing the white subject to overexpose. In this case, it behooves the photographer to check their histogram and adjust the exposure compensation as needed to keep the bright white within bounds.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Picture of the Day - 3/21/09
Another from Jack's flower garden - a white freesia (Iridaceae). What caught my eye was the train of buds flowing off to the left, which a tried to keep in focus as best I could. The eye first sees the white flower and stamens, but later, the buds give the eye a place to wander in the composition. A white subject over a dark background can be a tough shot, as many auto-exposure systems will try to expose the dominant background causing the white subject to overexpose. In this case, it behooves the photographer to check their histogram and adjust the exposure compensation as needed to keep the bright white within bounds.
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