Marianne Bakelaar

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The first thing that stands out in this image is the Amaryllis flower itself. It has been framed straight in the centre using a black and white filter, causing to catch the viewers eye. The stem of the flower has been positioned in the middle, with two petals expanding on both sides. The petals on the right are very crisp and sharp, you can see the detailing really clear, however the petals on the left are not as sharp because of the contrast of the light used. The petals on the right have more shadow and tone. The lighting used has created a shine on the flower, which makes it glow. The dark background also helps the image stand out as it highlights the main focus and adds depth to the image. The flower has been shot quite close-up and landscape, which explains the sharp detail you can see in the foreground. Overall i like this image as it stands out because of the lack of color, as it has been taken in black and white.

This image was taken by photographer Marianne Bakelaar. The frame of the photo contains a Orchid flower placed inside what looks like a small vase. The photographer has chose to use a black and white filter, this provides a shade and tone to the image. The composition of the image has been planned clearly. The dark, black background makes the image stand out as it adds depth and allows the focus to be just on the flower itself instead of a usual out of focus background. The mid-ground of the image is the vase type container of which the flower has been placed inside. In the foreground is a close-up of the head of the Orchid, you can see the petals and the head of the flower. The photograph has been taken in a close-up. Bakelaar has used this shot as it allows more detail to be shown. As you can tell the detailing on the petals are very clear. The low contrast lighting gives the image a range of dark and light changing tones and shadows in various places in the petals of the flower.

The photographer Marianne Bakelaar captured this image on November 13th, 2008. The image contains a single Anthurium flower which is composed in the fore-ground in a central position using a black & white filter. The photograph captures the viewers eye straight away as it only focus's on the one flower, there is no background to distract the eye creating a simple image, it is quite smudged and blurry and it consists just in gray-scale. Bakelaar has positioned the flower so you can visibly see the stigma. The petals look like they are peeling open for you the viewer, to take a look inside. The photo has been taken using a close-up shot. This adds detail and depth especially to the stem and the petals of the flower. There is a low contrast lighting in this photograph which helps create a range of tones and shadow which change from light to dark. You can see this on the lower half of the flower. Marianne has probably used editing software such as Photo-shop to edit the levels which creates the low contrast appearance.

Marianne Bakelaar captures this photograph also on November 13th, 2008. It is an image of a single Papaver Poppy starting to bloom. This photo stands out to me because you instantly see just one, long stem leading to a small head. Bakelaar has framed this photograph virtually in a central position, instantly capturing the eye, however the flower is slightly tilted clockwise. The background has been removed either in Photo-shop or placing a piece of paper behind the flower. Bakelaar has captured the flower in a mid shot. You can see the detail of the hairs on the stem and on the petals and head of the Poppy, as-well as capturing the long stem body. It has been created with low contrast lighting. You can tell as the stalk of the Poppy is quite dark and shaded along with the head. In-addition the tones in the image change from light to dark. It is likely that Marianne Bakelaar has edited this photograph in Photo-shop and edited the levels, brightness and sharpness.

Marianne Bakelaar has taken this photograph of a Tulip on November 14th, 2008. This image is striking to me because of the darkness of tone and shadow shown on the petals of the flower caused by the black and white filter. In addition the the petals are expanding out, covering nearly the whole frame as it has been captured in a central position. It has been tilted onto a slight angle and taken in front of either a wall, piece of paper and/or edited on Photo-shop. You can see directly into the Tulip, this attracts the eye because of being a central focus. Photographer Marianne Bakelaar has taken this image with that thought in mind as it forces you to straight away look at the photograph. This image has been taken using high-contrast lighting. This is revealed from the overpowering dark shadowing of the petal arrangement, again in a central setting. From this image i am hoping to experiment with capturing photographs with the flower in a central location. I will try out an distorted background instead of the original.

Photographer Marianne Bakelaar of a sunflower on the 17th of November, 2008. The image has been composed by one Sunflower head placed on a textured flat surface with a wall behind. Even though the background is textured the focal view of the photo is on the Sunflower as it has been positioned on a slight angle in the near centre in a close-up shot. This photograph is high-contrast. This could have been done by the photographer using a editing software such as Photo-shop to change the brightness and contrast levels. Because of this the image is very detailed and contained dark tones and shadowing.