Contents

What’s Not to Like about Gardens?

Entering the Garden

Understanding Gardens

André Le Nôtre and the French Garden

Garden Styles

The Backyard as Garden

The Garden as Status

The Importance of Garden Design

Photographing the Garden at Large

Of Light and the Garden

Intensity of Light

Diffusion

Light Direction

Checklist: Finding the Right Position

Understanding Reflectivity

Color and White Balance

Exposure and Light

Key Takeaways about Exposure

Special Times for Lighting

Using a Tripod

Creative Options with Tripods

Anatomy of a Tripod

Tripod Legs

Tripod Heads

Using the Tripod in the Garden

Focus and Depth of Field

Being in Focus

Soft Focus

Camera Position

Tilt-Shift Lenses

Focal Length

Types of Lenses

Focal Length and Depth of Focus

Manual and Autofocus

Depth of Field

Aperture and Depth of Field

Infinity and Hyperfocal Distance

The Garden in Black & White

Converting to Black & White

Extending Dynamic Range

Multi-RAW Processing

High-Dynamic Range (HDR)

Automated HDR

Hand-HDR

Impressionistic Photography

In-Camera Motion

Subject Motion

Out of Focus

Creative Exposures

In-Camera Multiple Exposures

Gardens of the Mind

Taking the Garden Close-Up and Inside

The Art of Transparency

How Light Box Photography Works

What Kind of Light Box Works Best?

Arranging Flowers on a Light Box

Light Box Photography

Post-Production of High-Key HDR Images

Inversions in Post-Production

Understanding LAB Color

Inverting a White Background to Black

Brightening Images after Inversion

Photography on Black

The Flower as Diva

Low-Key Photography in the Field and Studio

Low-Key HDR Post-Production

Macro Photography

Macro Photography Gear

Macro Lenses

Extension Tubes and Bellows

Close-Up Filters

Focusing Rails

Specialty Gear

Extreme-Macro Lenses

Macro Photography in the Garden

Focus Stacking

Focus Stacking in Photoshop

Photographing Water Drops

Approaching Water Drop Photography

Reflections and Refractions

Spider Web Studio

Photographing Little Critters

Getting Close

Stopping Motion

Focusing and Critters

Auxiliary Lighting

Modifying Light

Macro Lighting Tools

Notes, Resources & Index

Where to Go for More Info

Sensor Size Matters

About EXIF Data

Focal Length

Cameras and Lenses

List of Figures

Locations of Gardens Photographed

Botanical Glossary

Photographic Glossary