April 03, 2007

Via Bougainvillea

The entire town of Antigua has cobblestone streets. As I turned a corner on the North side of town a little section of the street was covered in these purple flowers. I knew the kind of shot I was going to make the second I saw them. Cobblestone makes for a nice open-aperture texture so I knelt down and searched for just the right angle and flower density.

At first I shot with the light behind me but later scooted around and allowed for more of a backlit scene. It was a cloudy day so the issue was a subtle one. It just felt better.

I made a pretty photo and it's just like I imagined it would be. One t-shirt, coming up.

Make pictures as you see 'em.

2 comments:

Shane said...

I seem to come away with the most satisying photo experiences when I actually make a picture that looks like I envisioned it...
this one is lovely, man wide open rocks.

Sarah said...

Shane put into words what I was thinking and couldn't say. Lovely picture; great texture and color contrast. It indeed looks like you envisioned it.