Blood Currant
Close-up of the beautiful redflower currant, or Blut-Johannisbeere in German.
Close-up of the beautiful redflower currant, or Blut-Johannisbeere in German.
Read less
Read less
Oct, 2020Views
43
Likes
Awards
Winter Award 2020
Peer Award
Superb Composition
Emotions
Impressed
Top Ranks
Top 20 rankTop 10 rank week 1
Top 20 rankTop 10 rank week 1
Top 10 rankCategories
Same photographer See allBehind The Lens
Discover more photos See all
Behind The Lens
Location
The photo was taken in Greifswald. The parks of the city were blooming in March, giving me the possibility to capture various different flowers just a few stops from the front door.Time
It was March 30, 2014, just in the middle of the day at 01:04 PM.Lighting
The sunny weather made it easy to get enough light, but you still have to find an angle, at which appealing shadows appear. Unlike a studio shot, outdoors you can't just rearrange light sources and finding the perfect object in perfect illumination can require a lot of patience.Equipment
This image was shot with a Tamron SP AF 70-300 f/4-5.6 Di VC USD telephoto lens on a Canon EOS 550D.Inspiration
Especially interested in plants, I took dozens of different photos that day. This one particularly inspired me, because is an unusual species of currant. While it is not used as food, the pink blossoms directly catch the eye.Editing
I did not do much post-processing. I used the raw file to make some minor adjustments, like highlight reconstruction and a little noise reduction.In my camera bag
When i shot the image, used a Canon EOS 550D, but I switched to a Canon EOS 6D later. I still use the same Tamron SP AF 70-300 f/4-5.6 Di VC USD telephoto lens, but also a Tamron 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di SP AF wide angle lens and a fast Yongnuo YN EF 50mm f/1.4 for low light or for a stronger bokeh. In addition I have several screw-on polarizers and close-up lenses and some adapter rings to fit these on the different diameters of my objective lenses. Spare batteries and memory cards go without saying.Feedback
A key to appealing images of plant details is the right focus. I used the maximum focal length of 300 mm of my lens and got as close as possible. This way you can get a narrow depth of field, blurring the background and giving a nice bokeh.
