a simple patch of daisies

making this photo of a patch of roadside daisies was tricky. you could say it has taken me ten years of STILL to make this deceptively simple photo. first of all, photographing white flowers on a white background is hard. it requires a little backlighting in order to not loose the whites of the petals, but not too much that the photo looks unrealistic. secondly, wildflowers start to wilt the instant you cut them. so, it has taken me several years to learn the very obvious trick of photographing them hanging upside down so gravity is assisting me rather than fighting me. duh, right? i don’t know why it took me years to learn that trick. this not-so-simple photo of a patch of roadsides daisies is hard won.

roadside daisies