I took this picture in the backyard where this shrub was in bloom. I don't know the name of this shrub, the red berries are used during Christmas for Christmas arrangements. Even though I used a macro lens, it is not a macro photo but a close-up. Despite this, you can still see the stamens in the flowers, a few of which were still in bud. When I took this photo, it was cloudy despite being spring. I chose to take this photo in landscape orientation to get more of the flowers in the photo. The shrub these flowers were on stays in winter making it an evergreen.
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…