I took this picture of a flower bud of a magnolia in the backyard. This magnolia always flowers white in spring. This flower bud just opened up in the spring sun to start flowering. The leaves of this magnolia weren't there yet when I took the picture. Because I used a macro lens you can see the hairs on the casing of the button. The magnolia is also called a beaver tree in the Netherlands.
Welcome to my shop. My name is Gerard de Zwaan and I was born in 1983 in the Veluwe town of Harderwijk where I grew up and still live. I started photography in 2013. My first camera was a Nikon D3200 which I still own and is now as a.. Read more…