Stitchwort
17th May 2015
At this time of year there is usually a plethora of stitchwort photographs displayed on the online photographic sites. Over the years I have looked with interest but I have tended to concentrate on landscape photography. This year however I came across a large patch of flowers in Sherwood Forest and decided to give it a go.
Stitchwort is very common and grows just about anywhere. The flowers are about 2-3cm in diameter. It is an attractive flower to photograph as the white petals have a pleasant curl revealing bright yellow stamens. This contrast nicely with a shaded green grass background (apologies if my flower anatomy is not correct - it has been a long time since I took little interest in biology at school!).
The only real way to get a point of view for photographing the flowers is to get down low and I really mean lying down! A macro lens is probably best with a small depth of field to blur the background. I handheld the camera resting the lens on an improvised cushion and expanded the ISO settings to get a reasonable shutter speed. Luckily on the day there was very little wind.
These are some of the results:
Stitchwort is very common and grows just about anywhere. The flowers are about 2-3cm in diameter. It is an attractive flower to photograph as the white petals have a pleasant curl revealing bright yellow stamens. This contrast nicely with a shaded green grass background (apologies if my flower anatomy is not correct - it has been a long time since I took little interest in biology at school!).
The only real way to get a point of view for photographing the flowers is to get down low and I really mean lying down! A macro lens is probably best with a small depth of field to blur the background. I handheld the camera resting the lens on an improvised cushion and expanded the ISO settings to get a reasonable shutter speed. Luckily on the day there was very little wind.
These are some of the results: