A day after doing a hike that took some effort, it was a good day to take it easy. Ended up covering the same amount of distance, but little to no elevation gain. A relaxed walk on the trails that don’t see too many hikers, only stopping to take pictures of wildflowers. I have taken so many pictures of flowers, I can usually tell before I come next to it if it’s worth stopping for. The location of the flower is important as well what is around it. With the wildflowers, there’s often other things growing around it that can make the image too busy for my liking. For this round-leaved orchid. I had come back to the start of the trail and crossed the bridge to walk on the other side of the river. Trying to find a possible location to get a clear picture of a small waterfall I saw down the river from near the trail. I was passing various wildflowers and making a mental note where to stop on my way back. No luck with the waterfall, but on my way back, I was excited about the location of the orchids, lots to choose from. I tend to use my wildlife lens for most of the flower pictures as well. I was about two meters from this flower, it was surrounded by other orchids. With a shallow depth of field (the area in focus), I was able to create a soft background. Which helped the orchid pop in the picture. And the several circles you see in the image that add to the image, are formed when bright spots are not close enough to be visible and not far enough to blend in with the background. With the right lens they become circles when the light passes through the lens to the camera’s sensor. So for this flower picture, it was the location, what was around it and how the light was hitting the surrounding as it came through the trees. Oh yeah, if you have not guessed it already, I wanted to place some of the orchids in the background to create the a white/pink background. Always keep the mind working. Take all those factors and combine them to make the image look simple to the viewer’s eyes.
