Indoor Flower Photography

by Mike Moats

Yesterday I headed to a local florist and picked up a couple pots of Cyclamen flowers. Very nice designed flower but can be difficult to find a nice comp sometimes.

Here is the pot of white Cyclamens I was working with.

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Here is my setup to shoot. LOL, nothing fancy, it's just the stairway in the foyer. The large window on top floods the area with really nice even light.

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I used the natural light and no LED lighting on these images. I have my plamp used for holding the flower. Shooting with my Tamron SP 60mm Macro. I like using the short focal length in the house as I need to work close on the stairway. I varied the f/stops shooting wide open at f/2.0 for a soft look and then at f/22 for more depth of field. I ended up liking the full depth of field images best.

Here is the first image with no processing.

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This is an image I posted on Facebook and many commented thinking it was done with lighting. This look is from the "Solarization" filter in Nik Software Color Efex Pro 4. I added a little of "Vignette Blur" filter around the edges. That's it, no special lighting.

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Here is another version of the same subject shot wide open at 2.5. Also with "Solarization" with different adjustments.

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I shot quite a few different angles and compositions, but these two I liked the best. Here is the original with no processing.

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I wanted to have one image with a nice bright white on white, so used the "High Key" filter in Nik Color Efex 4.

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With the second version I went back to the "Solarization" filter again and got a nice defined look.

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Comments

[Lynne]

Love the pix! Thanks for sharing ...

[Mike Moats]

Thanks Lynne, glad to hear you liked the post.

[Danny]

Lovely images, I like the originals with no processing the best!