About the Image(s)

I took this photo with a Canon R5 and a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. I set the aperture to f/2.8 and the focal length to 119mm. For editing, I used Lightroom and applied a film-style filter that mimics the colors of Kodak 2395 movie film.

I really love this film, even though I’ve never actually used it. I’m too young to have shot with it, and by the time I got into photography, CCD cameras were already the norm. It’s a bit of a shame, really. Now, whenever I think about shooting film, the high prices of film rolls and development make it hard to get started.

I used manual focus (MF) for this shot because it was windy, and I didn’t want the focus to be off. To me, this photo represents life and growth??”every flower is doing its best to bloom. When I first looked at the image, I really liked it, but the sky was completely white, so I adjusted the colors in Lightroom.

As we all know, red, yellow, and blue are the primary colors, and I wanted to use a soft blue and yellow mix with green in between to bring out the mood I was going for. Since I mostly shoot portraits, my themes often feel moody and a little melancholic. When I saw this scene, I instantly pressed the shutter??”it felt like the perfect match for my theme: even in a quiet and lonely world, there is still a strong will to grow and push forward.