Still life of an overshot onion with snail, when an onion needs to be removed from the ground, the plant may overshoot and then flowers appear, while I was photographing this flower the snail spontaneously emerged. I let nature take its course and let the snail sit while photographing. I love photographing still lifes, take a look at my other photos on this site. I mainly photograph flowers, fruits and flowers in the style as Rembrandt used light in his paintings.
I got this onion flower from the local greengrocer, I asked him if he had any onion shoots to photograph. He said; yes come and get it, however, I was not expecting a wheelbarrow full. My car smelt completely of onion,
My name is Clazien Boot (1964), I'm a photographer, always looking for unique moments to capture. Create images and think I find a lovely activity. Playing with light is a beautiful challenge. Different elements have so much influence, just think of a diamond, this won't.. Read more…