Sunday, 11 April 2010

How do you photograph a daffodil? I wish I knew

I am at a total loss - just how do you photograph a daffodil?   I know this is a bit of daft question and one I have tried to address before with no real answer.   There are always plenty of clichéd shots - brilliant yellow flow against a blue background but is this the best I can do?   I really don't know and anyway I haven't found any locations this year where I can make such photographs.   
 
The overpowering effect of a daffodil is that of yellow.  There are other shades and colours but they are never satisfactory - a daffodil is yellow - ask any Welshman.   To date I have produced some shots but I am not happy with any of them.  It is so frustrating but this is how we develop - have, what seems like, an impossible task and slowly but surely chip away at it.  Of course there is another problem with daffodils - they are seasonal and so very shortly the problem will go away for another year.   I suspect I will be writing about this issue next and the next and so on.  They are so frustrating!

Simon Marchini LRPS

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