We all know that April showers bring May flowers. Since we've had a rainy April - witness the floods in the Dakotas - we can assume a bumper crop of May flowers. And flowers are a favorite target of every camera enthusiast. Here are a few tips to help you make your flower pictures knockouts.
When you photograph flowers, you have to make a couple of important decisions.
As with any photograph, your first decision is to decide: What's my subject? Is it a macro of a stamen? A single flower closeup? A bed of hundreds of flowers? A field of thousands? From this decision will flow many specifics of your picture.