Flower on Fire


  • Photographer
    Ecaterina Leonte
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    19 January 2021
  • Technical Info
    Full Frame, 100mm ƒ/32.0 3,2sec ISO 100

How can I accentuate certain details of this bicolored gerbera daisy without getting too close and lose perspective? I asked myself while trying different approaches. After several failed attempts I decided to use a single exposure and carefully applied lighting. It took me 138 shots to successfully emphasize the rings of small overlapping petals surrounding the central disk, as well as the yellow tips of the larger petals. This gave my gerbera daisy a dimensionality I couldn't see  under regular light-of-day, and it also made it look (in my eyes) as if it was on fire. 

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