Trying To Stay Creative During The Lock Down; Part III

(zephyranthes candida?)
Olympus E-M1 Mark II; 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens @ 60mm; 1 sec. @ f/11; ISO 250

On one of my (almost) daily walks for exercise, I was taking a cut through from my street over to the next and saw these little flowers sitting amonst weeds on the side of the alleyway.  They looked unusual and I don't remember seeing this particular species of flower in the past.  I made a mental note and on the way back I thought I would cut the stems, bring them home and photograph them.  It turns out that I was just in time as a worker was getting ready to cut the weeks back as I returned.  

I'm not sure about the name of these small flowers, but Autumn Zephyrlily (zephyranthes candida) seems to match (using the Garden Answers app) what I found.  If anyone knows for sure, please leave a comment and correct me.

At home I placed the flowers in a champagne glass filled with water and, as I have in the recent past, I planned to make some images of them.  I'm not much of a still life, macro or tabletop photographer, but I am trying to stay creative during this lock down period.

I used my Olympus E-M1 Mark II and three different lenses so as to change perspective and depth of field.  First, I used the 12-100mm f/4 PRO lens, then the 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens and finally a 75mm f/1.8 lens.  I set this up on my kitchen table.  The background was a simple piece of black velvet and the light was coming from two north facing windows directly behind me.

Here are some variations on the theme the last being an in-camera double exposure.

Olympus E-M1 Mark II; 12-100mm f/4 PRO lens @ 23mm; 1/5th sec. @ f/8: ISO 250

Olympus E-M1 Mark II; 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens @ 150mm; 1/5th sec. @ f/11 ISO 250
(cropped from 20.2mp to 6.5mp)

Olympus E-M1 Mark II; 12-100mm f/4 PRO lens @ 25mm; 1/4th sec. @ f/11; ISO 250

In-camera double exposure (click to enlarge)
Olympus E-M1 Mark II; 75mm f/1.8 lens; 1.3 seconds @ f/8: ISO 250

I hope you enjoyed these and maybe a bit of inspiration to create your own images from found objects has developed.

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Dennis A. Mook 

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