"Portrait of a Ball Thistle (Echinops)" is a photograph of a ball of the ball thistle, with very small flowers appearing to emerge from the ball. This ball thistle is in front of a blended anthracite/grey-brown background. Because it is so straight in the middle with a blended background, I think it looks like a portrait photo of the thistle.
When taking this photo, I chose my settings on my camera so that the front flowers on the bulb are in focus, and everything behind them slowly fades away. This gives a calm atmosphere and a dreamy effect to the photo. If you zoom in on the work, you can see this very well. The flowers are very detailed.
This picture could, for example, hang beautifully above your bed in the bedroom, in the waiting room as wall decoration or in the meeting room (business).
©Marjolijn van den Berg
In 2016 Marjolijn van den Berg graduated for professional photography. She likes to experiment with light and different shapes, colors and materials... Read more…