World Image Magazine Issue 31 April 2016 | Page 57

The Intricate Flower

A single red rose in my garden!
By Alan Culley

Pink Perfection by Gordon Longmead

There is something about the flower that
seems to attract the camera lens when
photographers go about their hobby.
It is not limited to photographers, everyone
with a camera has the same curiosity, but it is
with the photographers viewpoint that we
begin to record what has attracted us to the
flower in the first place.
How many times do we take the rose side on
or straight down fro the top? A slight change
of angle and the image takes on the third
dimension.
Tulips by Mike Shawcross

Most people would remove the rose from
under the leaf to get their picture, but the rose
wanted to flower there so why not accept the
challenge of the perfect picture. Precise
exposure is paramount for this one.
We take tulips as a field or from the top, but
smaller groups have their interest and
produce very colourful images.
The stark