You are cordially invited to enter the private park of the Blumen Wenning nursery. Here you will find plenty of photo opportunities. The garden path leads you through the small park and meets the photo route again in front of the house. When taking photos, please stay on the path and take care not to trample any plants.flowers or insects on flowers are among the most popular photo motifs in nature. They look particularly appealing when the main motif stands out clearly from the background. A photo of a flower taken at an angle from above does not usually achieve this effect, as the background and the subject are then so similar that the overall picture looks very unstable (image 1).Choose your perspective so that there is as much distance as possible between your subject and everything in the background. This will make the background less sharp and therefore calmer (image 2). Try photographing a flower from below or from the side. The greater the distance between the subject and the background, the better the subject will stand out against a blurred background.
Pro tip:
Pay attention to your aperture setting at the same time. The aperture controls the so-called "depth of field". With a large aperture number (e.g. 16 or 22), you achieve a high depth of field, i.e. not only is your subject in focus, but the background also appears as sharp as possible (image 3). With a small f-number (e.g. 2.8 or 4) you achieve a shallow depth of field, i.e. only your main subject is really sharp. The background will be as blurred as possible (image 4). However, this only works if the distance between the subject and the background is as large as possible. And with a low f-number, you also have to focus very carefully.
Task:
Look for a plant detail that matches the season and stands out from the background in terms of color. Photograph it with a background that is as calm as possible.
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