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My wife loves rust colored mums so we have these planted in a front flower bed at our home.Time
I guess I may not take photography as seriously as others or as I should. I don't have this information recorded, but I fairly certain I took it in muted light--either shade or cloudy. Midday sun tends to bleach out much of the natural color for me.Lighting
As I stated above, I didn't shoot this in direct sunlight so the colors would not be faded. I don't recall the time so it could have been in the morning and on the shady side of the house or later on a cloudy to partly cloudy day.Equipment
I shot this with my Nicon D3200 using ISO 400; shutter at 10/200 and a focal length of 520/10Inspiration
I love capturing natural beauty--colors, symmetry, layers, contrasts. It's like all the beautiful things men create are attempts at copying the original. I think too often we miss awesome things around us because we don't stop to look at them. Of all the blooms on the plants, this one seemed to be the most perfect.Editing
I try to do as little editing as I can. I like the picture to speak for itself, not my editing skills. That said, I think I cropped this a little and might have sharpened a pinch if I felt it needed it.In my camera bag
Of course, my Nicon D3200. I have two lenses--both are stock kit lenses since I've not upgraded anything yet--Nikon DX 18-55mm; Nikon DX 55-200mm. I carry extra SD cards and charged batteries, as well. Plus, multiplier lenses for micro photography experiments which this one might have been.Feedback
Watch the light. Find out which light makes the colors you want pop. For example, I have similar photo of a red tulip. While I like the shot, red stands out more in direct light so my picture seems a bit dull, not as brilliant of a red as I'd like it to be. I could probably fix that with editing, but I tend to doctor a picture as little as possible. So, yeah, see when the light gives your subject the power it deserves.
