March 22, 2011

Changing the Perspective

This spring, I was determined to capture the forsythia
before the delicate yellow flowers gave way to green leaves.
From previous years, I remembered the yellow flowers lasted only a brief time.

Yesterday, the rain showers left the day gray and overcast. 
Not the best weather for picture taking.


As today dawned, the skies started to clear. 
I hustled outside, and walked to the far corner
where we have several forsythia bushes growing along the garden fence. 
I quickly set about snapping photographs. 
First, I tried from the side.  Then, looking straight down.


Well, to be honest, they seemed ho-hum.  Yep, yellow flowers...nothing spectacular. 
Then on a whim,
 I set the camera on edge, below the flowers, pointing upward,
and tried again. 



Hopefully, you, too, appreciate the change in point of view.

4 comments:

  1. Oh, yes! Vantage point is everything!

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  2. What a difference... beautiful!

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  3. nothing but snow here in ny, I look forward to the flowers...

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  4. There's just something simply beautiful about the last shot...LOVE IT! I've tried the same angle when photographing daffodils and have loved the results.

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