I have some more flowers coming up now, so I got to try my white theme on non-white flowers. The fake background sure has some benefits, as for example with this glory of the snow the natural background was a disaster and I couldn’t have pulled off anything usable even with the lens wide open, but now I was able to shoot at f11 so I got some more depth in the flower. I like a shallow depth of field but to be honest, sometimes it’s just a means of blurring out the background rather than a purpose on its own. But with the background issue sorted, I can now use whatever aperture I think is necessary to show off the subject!