Taking Pictures of Flowers

This will be a great start. When picking what type of flower that you want to take pictures of you should always go for the ones that you like the best. Very recognizable flowers are good to shoot from a little distance since many people already know how they look. Some other types of flower are better when shot from a little bit of distance.

You'll see details that you probably didn't even know were there. Generally the smaller the flower the closer you should get. Close up shots of them can work very great since these shots will give you very fine details of the object. There are some different ways you can take pictures of these flowers. And there are even some flowers that are really looking un photo worthy but result in great shots.

Other flowers can be very difficult to get good pictures of. Some are really easy to be taken pictures of and can result in really fantastic images. First off, there are many different types of flowers around. Flowers can seem to be that subject in photography where anybody can take good pictures of simply because of how the flowers look. Taking pictures of flowers may seem easy but it is a little more complex.

Flower Pictures in Tuscany

Fresh from England any orchid at all is a rarity, but after an hour we are already blasé and we no longer stop for 'just another spotted The other challenge is reaching our destination, when every few yards we spot a flower spike on the roadside and have to screech to a halt to identify it. The challenge will be to find those places by car, along the strada bianca (dirt roads) that crisscross the countryside. We know where we are heading - south of Siena some friends have been walking through veritable meadows filled with orchids. I'll have to note the best views and try to come back in early morning or evening light, when it all magically turns golden and lucid.

If I give in to temptation and snap every tempting vista, I'm going to find the bright midday light turns everything to dull monochrome, flattens the colours and wastes all my film before I've even started on the orchids. Well yes it is. Is it possible to take a bad photograph in Tuscany? Every which way you look there is a picture postcard scene, comprising the essential props of a Tuscan photo - cypress trees, warm brick farmhouse and stone church, with gently curving green hills behind. The air is fresher and the hint of flowers strengthens until we are overwhelmed by the honeyed scent of broom, pouring in through the car windows.

Heading off in a hire car, we leave Pisa behind and take to the hills, a winding, twisting, and convoluted back road towards Siena.

Pressing Flowers for Profit

Just a little spray of fern leaves, or small green leaves behind your colorful flowers makes a great addition. Pressing leaves, is another great addition to your displays or pictures, but only use a few little ones, so as not to overpower your display. Phone books are not recommended, because of their flimsy nature, and you could damage other flowers while trying to find or press another. You can use heavy books, after pressing your flowers between pages, just remember what page your particular flower is at.

You can buy flower presses, but you don't have to spend that kind of money, to try it out first. Flower pressing, is a great way to preserve a nice bouquet of flowers you received, and you can forever treasure them in your display or picture you make. You can save roses for drying, if you wish to retain their shape, or you can take a few petals off of the rose, and press them separately and the create a flower in your display or picture using these rose petals. Roses, as beautiful as they are, are the hardest to press, since their leaves have more moisture.

The best flowers to press, are the small flat leaf types, this doesn't mean you can't experiment with the bigger flowers, but in my experience, the smaller leaves and flowers, tend to retain their color and are easier to put into a delicate picture after.