The flare...

I just love natural light. In a way, I'm hoping that this new direction that digital photography seems to be taking, really explodes in the next few years. I just want to shoot everything in natural, or available light. I want to see in the dark.

This picture was not taken in the dark. It was taken in broad daylight. It's a very simple picture of an uncommon subject for me, which is flowers, or nature. What attracts me in this picture is color.

Subjects of pictures can be many things. It can be the light, the absence of light, it can be contrast, it can be a real person. In this it's color.

The backgroung is heavily blurred. The aperture was F4 and it was zoomed in at about 105mm (it was "racked out", as the pros call it). The only thing that's in focus is the small flowers. Which are also the only thing in this picture that is not green.

The light flare comming through the trees is just enchancing this fact. It looks almost like a spotlight, shining on the little flowers.

Technically, it's not the most perfect thing ever, but I kinda' like this one. Hey, it's green! Go green...

This picture was taken with a DSLR in natural light.