I took this photo of a rose in the backyard where this rose was blooming. You can see the flower as a few leaves of this rose bush. I chose to let the leaves lead the eye towards the flower. Some dark background also makes the red flower of this rose stand out better. For this photo I used a telephoto lens because this rose is a climbing rose and the flower was quite high, it did turn into a close-up. Furthermore, I just took this photo out of my hand, which was easy to do because of sufficient daylight.
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…