If you want to see cut flowers in their wide variety of colours and forms you can do no better than visiting a good florist's shop. If you want to photograph them, however, you'll need a more sympathetic location because not too many florists welcome people photographing their stock unless they are going to buy it. In my experience the second best show of cut flowers is to be found at church flower festivals where the many individual displays are often themed in imaginative ways. In fact, churches in general and cathedrals in particular usually have several good displays most of the year round. The example in today's photograph, strongly featuring lilies as they often do, was in Hereford Cathedral. I used a bright lens to get a nice out of focus background that hinted at the religious location.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10
