20x24 print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl 285g/m paper. Part of a series of floral image photographed in a studio environment
Floral #031 features the King Protea (Protea cynaroides) — a spectacular woody shrub native to the fynbos region of South Africa. Extreme close-up photography transforms the flower’s central dome into an ethereal, tactile landscape, with soft diffused lighting emphasizing the velvety, fur-like texture of the individual florets. A shallow depth of field creates a dreamy, out-of-focus perimeter that draws the eye into the intricate lavender and silvery-white hues at the heart of the bloom, celebrating the plant’s unique prehistoric geometry in intimate, abstract detail.
