Photography series · Nature

Field After Rain

For: Personal project
Location: Jura, France
Scope: Photography
Published: 21:05:00 26/08/19

A leaf still heavy with water and a butterfly that stayed long enough for three frames. The garden returns to colour after the storm, one drop at a time, while the light comes and goes between the clouds.

Red poppies glowing in a sunlit field — The poppies at the edge of the field, an hour after the rain. Photograph by Dejan Zakic.

Blue bird perched on a branch beside its nest — The nest in the hedge, which the storm had left alone. Photograph by David Waite.

Timing

Storm light lasts minutes. I had the frame lined up before the rain stopped and shot through the first break in the cloud. The butterfly arrived on its own, sat, opened, closed, and left; the three frames are the whole visit.

Nature photography is often described as patience. It is closer to attendance: you have to be there, ready, every time it might happen, and it happens on perhaps one visit in ten.

The rain does the work. You are there to notice when it stops.

Forest road with sunlight breaking through the trees — The road home through the forest, the sun back out. Photograph by Anthony.

Close and wide

One macro lens for the leaf, one wide for the field, and a towel for the camera. The wide frames are in the series for scale: a butterfly on a leaf is a detail, a field of poppies is a place, and the story needs both.

Timing

Close and wide

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