P4: Picture of a Flower

Mimosa Fireworks

Tags: fireworks, flower, plants
This is a picture of a Mimosa flower. I chose this picture because it looked like fireworks to me. The funny thing about this picture is that I drove all over the county to find this flower to photograph only to find this tree in my yard. Like my Depth of Field picture, I believe that my picture on the web was a better picture http://picasaweb.google.com/kbowen88/P4PictureOfAFlower#5483969308096502818. The picture actually turned out better than I had imagined it would.
My picture was taken in macro mode. It was late in the day and I had to avoid creating a shadow, so I had to use a tripod. In the editing process, I was able to crop the picture and increase the saturation. Some of the suggestions were to crop it closer but I found that the greener made the colors pop a little more. I was very impressed with this function on my camera.
As a kindergarten teacher, I could use this picture in a picture file for living and non-living things. I could acquire many pictures similar to this for the children to sort. Older students could use it as a reference of plants that grow in our area and in Georgia. They could research the tree and find its origin. This picture was a little more difficult to find activities for.