I took this photo in the backyard where this hyacinth is in a flower pot with other bulbs. I thought the red colour of the flowers contrasted nicely with the green background. In this photo you can see that a hyacinth has several flowers on one stem, I didn't count the number of flowers. In the background you can see the green of the other bulbs, and if you look closer you can see more hyacinth flowers. This hyacinth did bloom beautifully at the beginning of spring when I took this photo. I used an 85mm macro lens for this photo, I also shot in 4-by-3 ratio to keep excess green from the photo.
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…