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In today’s post, I’m featuring one of my favorite flowers: the protea pincushion flower. Originally from South Africa, they seem to like San Diego’s weather and they’re easy to spot in people’s yards and public places. What do I like most about them? They have some of the most cool looking shapes of petals I’ve ever seen.
I wanted to capture this peculiar curved shape of the petals by taking a close-up of this orange protea pincushion. You can click on this photo for a larger view.
After taking this photo, I noticed the large lavender flowers and decided to use them as the background for my photo, along with the blue sky.
For this last picture, I decided to change the depth of field so I could focus on the lavender blooms instead. I also changed my angle to avoid them hiding behind the protea pincushion.
So here you go, same flowers, three different angles and perspectives. Some people go bungee jumping, I play with my camera settings.
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I like how that second picture looks layered–first the pincushion, then the lavender, then the trees, and then the sky.
Isn’t that a neat shot? It took me a while to get the right angle to frame it just right but I love the vivid colors that pop out of the photo.