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Monday, May 06, 2024
By Mike Moats Photography
I think Mayapple plants are very interesting. The top group of leaves form like an umbrella, and under the umbrella it produces one white flower.
They come out in the early spring in wooded areas, grow in large groups tightly together.
Here is the first stage as it is just emerging from the ground.
Here is a shot of a large group packed in close to each other.
Sometimes I like to shoot the top of the plant, interesting design in the leaves. Shoot them covered with rain drops, or maybe do some creative post processing with the colors.
Now for the flower. They are not easy to shoot because the flower is underneath the umbrella, so you have the tripod down as low as it can go, and a little tough on the body having to work so low to the ground. There are so many ways you can shoot the flower for an artistic look and then do a little creative post processing for a more creative feel.
Because of all the clutter behind the flower it's and not easy to work a background behind it, I tend to shoot these in the lower f/stop ranges, so, maybe f/5.6, f/6.3 or /f/8. which helps to blur the background but you do sacrifice some focus on the subject.
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