In recent blog posts I have talked about how we need to select perfect floral specimens when photographing flowers, how we need to be attentive to the flower’s position and pose - just as we would with a human portrait. Well, whilst I am telling you all this, I go and make a silly mistake this week! It had been a long busy day, the light was fading and I hadn’t taken a photograph for the day’s instagram post - yes, most of my posts are taken that very day. So, I pulled out my black box, and looked around for something to photograph. I noticed this hellebore pushing up through the dense dark green leaves of my hellebore plant - perfect. So I picked it from the plant so that it could be photographed in my box. By now, the light was even poorer, but despite this, I did my best to manually focus and to take my shot. The focus was great BUT - I missed off the lower part of the leaf! Do what I say, not what I do! Pay attention!
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