Summer's End
I spend a lot of time taking photographs of flowers. I used to try to get the most perfect example of a flower in bloom, or a bud ready to blossom. But as summer comes to an end, and autumn colours start to appear, it is interesting to see what is beyond the petals. Leaves crinkle and change colour, seed pods appear and flowers darken and droop. Using a macro lens, I try to combine an edge of sharpness with the soft colours of the blurred background.
I spend a lot of time taking photographs of flowers. I used to try to get the most perfect example of a flower in bloom, or a bud ready to blossom. But as summer comes to an end, and autumn colours start to appear, it is interesting to see what is beyond the petals. Leaves crinkle and change colour, seed pods appear and flowers darken and droop. Using a macro lens, I try to combine an edge of sharpness with the soft colours of the blurred background.
