A non-digital technique that is fun to try is shooting flowers through textured glass. The
resulting images look like paintings. You can buy small pieces of texture glass at glass and mirror stores. Look through their remnants, and when you see a texture you like they will cut a small piece for you.
I carry an 8 x 10 inch piece into the field or the garden, and I tape the entire periphery to protect myself from getting cut. I simply hold the glass
up to the flowers such that it is parallel with the back of the camera and shoot the abstract designs. Soft and diffused lighting produces the most beautiful pictures. The closer the glass is positioned to the flowers, the more defined they will be. If the glass is held even two or three inches in front of the flowers, they will be much more abstract.
resulting images look like paintings. You can buy small pieces of texture glass at glass and mirror stores. Look through their remnants, and when you see a texture you like they will cut a small piece for you.
I carry an 8 x 10 inch piece into the field or the garden, and I tape the entire periphery to protect myself from getting cut. I simply hold the glass
up to the flowers such that it is parallel with the back of the camera and shoot the abstract designs. Soft and diffused lighting produces the most beautiful pictures. The closer the glass is positioned to the flowers, the more defined they will be. If the glass is held even two or three inches in front of the flowers, they will be much more abstract.
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