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Nature

Gardens

Ideally, the pictures taken in gardens should be imprinted with the special atmosphere of these places of rest. It is permissible to try to keep only the brightest and most colorful elements - the bright colors of the flowers - but do not forget that the surroundings and the shape of the garden are also important: the plough, the trees, the lawns, they also deserve to be shown. Even if the main subject is some flowers or a statue, it is good to show their relationship to the whole.

When creating your picture between the relationships between the first level, the middle level and the background level. Consider carefully all the angles and all possible points of view before deciding on one of them. Gardens are usually the creation of a person specializing in landscapes and you can only express yourself well if you enter into the special decorative concept of gardens. Choose your point of view so that a main subject occupies a leading place in the picture. Paths, borders, dense mounds and fences are elements that help focus on the center of interest. The best time to photograph a garden is early morning because the light reveals the composition of the dewy flowers. If possible, choose a viewpoint that allows you to blend the colors harmoniously or a viewpoint where one color dominates. The direction of the light, the angle of the shot and the choice of lens are all factors to consider when you want to show and emphasize a garden: a wide angle lens can encompass the entire area of ​​a small garden or give exaggerated proportions to a undulating lawn. Also try low viewpoints to make the drawing stand out.

In most cases, using a tripod and a flexible shutter button helps to secure the long shots necessary because the small aperture of the lens leads to a great depth of field. Use a black and white film with low grain, which gives a very detailed and gradated image. As for the colored filters, they can lighten the colors of the leaves (green filter) or separate the tones from each other. As for the color film, you can use a polarizing filter to darken the blue sky, while the sun umbrella helps to keep out the intrusive light, especially in the direction of the light. Do not forget that you can deliberately create a center of interest in your image by including a busy gardener at work or a familiar object such as a transport wheel, for example. This can happen in a garden, but of course not in a park, where its grandeur is often to be glorified.

- Producing plant models

Producing such documents for documentary scenes can be done by placing the subject on white cardboard or on a light box, which will detail the structure of the plant. If you use a light box, add a little direct or reflected light to give it some protrusion. Hide all the outer parts of the frame with pieces of opaque paper. With a normal lens, extra pieces are needed for close-up shots.

Hasselblad Long-Burner Lens with Bellows.
1/15 sec. 32 Kodak Tri X

- Finding the Perfect Viewpoint:

All gardens drawn by a naturalist are designed to give their best view from several specific viewpoints that must be sought.
For this park, the water surface is clearly a very important element and I have created the main subject of the image from it.

Hasselblad Wide Angle Lens 1/60 sec. 22 Alford FP4