Exploring a vase of flowers

in #photography7 years ago

I had this vase of flowers on the terrace table; they were really great!
Unfortunately, with the passing of days they began to lose freshness. So I decided to immortalize them, so as to preserve the memory.

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At my disposal there was only a normal 50 mm f1.8 lens which, with the crop factor of nikon d7000, became a medium tele 75mm, perfect for portrait!

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I started to shoot wide open, trying to find, through the viewfinder, shapes and interesting colors, balanced, significant.

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The most beautiful thing is to discover, through the lens, what you do not expect: the overlapping of focal plans, colors, perspective, transform the known reality into another reality, no less true.

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At one point, my focus was on a sunflower hanging on one side: beautiful, bending over, reminded me of Van Gogh's paintings (here, for example, "Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers" at London National Gallery:http://vggallery.com/painting/p_0454.htm):

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Naturally, Van Gogh is inimitable (!) But, following this inspiration, I have looked for other shots that can enhance the image I had in mind:

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Okay, I wanted to tell you this experience and show you how these shots were born. Hope you enjoyed it.

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See you soon, @essepuntoit

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