By rights this photograph should be a write-off but I’m quite pleased with he results. I took the image in some very poor lighting conditions so I wasn’t expecting great results. Every time I look at it, I see something I hadn’t noticed before. It proves that sometimes what matters is all in the detail.
I had been out playing football with my eight year old daughter, Helen, shortly before I took this picture. The aim had been to come home and go straight out in the late afternoon to do some photography but we were running late. By the time I ventured out with my camera, it was beginning to get dark.
Not to be put off, I put my camera in manual mode and played with the ISO and shutter speed to increase how bright the image appeared. When I first reviewed this image, I was struck by how I’d captured the creases in the leaves.
Looking closer, I spotted a few drops of rain water and the hairs on the green leaves in the background. While the picture is a little on the dark side, I think it works and I don’t think I’ve ever managed to get so much detail in a photograph before!
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39 thoughts on “It’s all in the detail”
Wow, there really is a lot of detail. It’s the little hairs on the leaves that most surprised me. I’ve been photographing forget-me-nots too, but only with my phone so have captured nothing like this much detail.
I sort of knew what I was doing to capture this image. I’d put it down to 5% knowledge and 95% luck!
I think the light and dark work really well together. The perfect combination. Love forget-me-nots. #MySundayPhoto
The perfect combination! Very kid words Tara. Glad you like it alhtough I had to take quite a few dud shots to get this right.
What a beautiful photo, love the colour of the flowers. #MySundayPhoto
The colours do stand out don’t they? Thanks for commenting.
it’s a gorgeous photo, it sort of looks like it’s moving the way the subject is framed and the lighting #mysundayphoto
That is really stunning John, the detail is incredible.
Have a good Sunday.
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High praise indeed from a man who knows his way around a camera better than I!
I really like this image and the detail – the hairs on the leaves show up beautifully. The light gives it a very serene feel.
Serene, I like that description. Thanks for commenting Victoria. Loved your image shot with the perspex sheet.
Stunning …. it gets better as you look more closely
That Catherine, is exactly what I thought. Great minds think alike it seems.
Wow what amazing detail and that colour is so vivid great shot John #mysundayphoto
Glad you’re liking the vivid colours Nigel. I was surprised the image came off because of the poor lighting.
Just goes to show how much you can still do in poor light conditions. A very good shot, notwithstanding the circumstances!
Took a lot of tinkering with the camera’s settings, but I got there in the end Tim! Thanks for commenting.
I really like this photo. You have captured so much detail and it is of course so pretty x
Pretty and detailed. What more could you want?
I think flowers are best taken on a less than perfect day. This is quite stunning.
You’re not the first person to have said this. I think I may have to experiment more with flower photos in poor lighting conditions.
The detail really is brilliant. I love the colours and focus.
Thank you Paul. Having been taken in manual mode anything could have happened so I was delighted when this came off so well.
It’s such a beautiful shot and you’ve captured so much in it. I noticed the ring formation first and only noticed the hairs on the leaves afterwards.
And the ring formation was entirely natural. Interesting to see what details people notice first.
That’s such a pretty shot. It reminds me of those flower rings little girls wear on their head for weddings. #MySundayPhoto
Yeah, I gues it does look a bit like a flower ring. All natural though, I haven’t made that up at all.
Forget me nots are so pretty. Great capture for all the detail – it’s the little hairs that surprised me.
Ah, so that’s a forget me not? Afraid I’m awful with identifying flowers!
I love that feeling when a photo turns out far better than expected. Sadly it usually happens the other way around for me! Great work, I love the detail that you have managed to capture. #MySundayPhoto
Och, I’ve seen your photos. No matter how many duds you take, I’ve seen you produce a lot of good ones.
So much detail – I love how you can even see the little hair on the leaves. Great capture #MySundayPhoto
Thanks Jade, yeah the detail caught me by surprise but I feel it works well.
Hi John, it sounds as if you and I are at the same level. At the moment I’m refusing to take photos in anything but manual mode, which takes time and results in plenty of duds but I feel it’s the only way forward. It is surprising how much light we can get on a subject fiddling with settings too… You’ve done a fine job, it’s the hairs that first caught my attention, okay, second after the colour of the flowers. I do like a nice blurred background too.
xx
Hurrah! We can grow and improve together. Yeah, sure, I’m taking many duds but c’est la vie. That’s part of the learning process. Good luck as you test out manual mode.
Flowers and low light often work really well as not only do you get nice detail but also really rich colours
Mollyx
Thanks Molly, this was a first for me but having had some success this time, I shall be trying more low-light flower pics.
Wow that detail is amazing. Lovely capture and love the colour x
Love the way in which they look like they are all holding hands in a circle formation #mysundayphoto