Photo By: Victor Ellison Fine Art Photography, North Carolina Nature Photographer
Location: Moses Cone Park, Milepost 294
The meadow at Moses H. Cone Memorial Park was especially stunning after a wet early July. I don’t remember the last time I’ve seen such thick pockets of wildflowers.
Camera: Canon 50D
Lens: Canon 17-40mm f/4L
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/16
Shutter: 1/50
Exposure: Manual
Focal Length: 17mm
Filters: none
How I Got This Shot
The Moses H. Cone Memorial Park meadow had thick pockets of wildflowers. There is a fantastic view of Grandfather Mountain, but the wildflowers weren’t as dense there. So, I chose the pocket of wildflowers that was most dense and had a decent background.
I used an ultra wide angle lens. A UWA exaggerates the distance between foreground and background. So, the medley of wildflowers appear large and prominent, while the “okay” background is pushed further away.
I used a tripod, a cable release, and I locked up the mirror to produce the sharpest image possible. Most DSLRs will allow you to lock up the mirror, but this option may be buried under menus, so check your manual. If you forget your cable release or don’t have one, you can use your camera’s self timer.
I used an aperture of f/16 to help me achieve a great depth of field so that most of the wildflowers would appear in focus. I setup tripod fairly low to the ground to further emphasize the flowers. I could’ve gone lower for an even more exaggerated look, but I would have lost some of the wildflowers in the background, and the idea behind this photo was to showcase how numerous the wildflowers were.
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