I took this picture of a white flower of a magnolia in the backyard. This shrub with white flowers is one of the first shrubs to bloom in spring, due to climate change this shrub blooms as early as late winter. The backyard where this magnolia stands is also quite sheltered. If you look closely, you can still see bare branches of another shrub, you can still see flower buds that have not yet come out. When in full bloom, this magnolia is a beautiful shrub. This flower was at eye level, nevertheless I used a telephoto lens. I cropped ratio in post-processing to 4 by 3 ratio, I also made the flower a little nicer.
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…