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Floral Photography

As a photographer, Mike Finley says he finds flowers fascinating. This gallery contains a selection from his floral photography. Photographing the flowers in monochrome concentrates the mind on form rather than colour, and so emphasises the elegance of form.

Monochrome floral photography has a long tradition in fine art photography, emphasising the sensuous shape of many flowers, rather than the gaudy colours that otherwise predominate.

Mike also grows carnivorous plants, and for his fellow CP growers, this gallery includes a few photographs of Sarracenia and Nepenthes.

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Tinted monochrome image of a dying iris flower
Image copyright © Mike Finley

Iris #1

Tinted monochrome image of a dying iris flower. This no longer looks like a typical iris flower and presents some interesting shapes.

This was one of my earliest floral images and was published in the UK 'Black and White Photography' magazine.

Winter 2001



Close-up photograph of a magnolia blossom, one of the harbingers of Spring, horizontal format
Magnolia #1 Close-up photograph of a magnolia blossom, one of the harbingers of Spring, vertical format
Magnolia #4 The flowers of a miniature cyclamen seem to float in mid air, detached from the plant
Cyclamen Cloud This print depicts a pitcher of a stately Sarracenia flava (American pitcher plant)
Sarracenia flava Black and white close up shot of a sunflower bloom
Sunflower

Tinted monochrome image of a dying iris flower
Iris #1 Monochrome floral study of a Nigella flower and bud (common name "love in a mist")
Nigella #1 Black and white image of an immature Nepenthes pitcher
Nepenthes #2 Close-up photograph of a magnolia bud, with one petal removed to show the developing stigma and stamens
Magnolia #2 Monochrome image of a dying iris flower
Iris #2