Annual Sunflower

Gallery: FloraPosted July 14, 2015121 views9 comments

The goldfinches and chickadees do a fair amount of accidental planting in our backyard. This is a volunteer that sprouted beneath our deck. K5 IIs 500mm f5.6 (1/320sec at f9.0, ISO 1250) Exposure, Reduced saturation of yellows and orange, Topaz Detail. I was about 20 feet from this flower., The cone flower shot with a 500mm + 32mm extension, I was about 11 feet from the subject crying ..................................Jim

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on July 14, 2015 at 12:47 PM

Very nice, Jim ! I especially like the graded backdrop, while the space you've allowed for the flower and the ` floating ' leaves gives a lovely, freash feel to the image.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 14, 2015 at 1:23 PM

Expertly processed sunflower shot against a well blurred BG. Nice! cool

Later -- Thanks for the distance information. P

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on July 14, 2015 at 9:11 PM

A beautiful sunflower with great detail and color! Nice bg. Very nicely done, Jim!

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on July 14, 2015 at 10:19 PM

I like sunflowers. The yellow really pops out from the oof green background. Good detail and dof.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 14, 2015 at 10:35 PM

Jim - Really nice work. The slight droop and the space on the left is just perfect.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 15, 2015 at 7:08 AM

Very nice, Jim. Well composed, and the yellow sunflower is nicely rendered against the complementary bg.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on July 15, 2015 at 11:33 AM

Hi Jim crying Excellent composition. utilizing the 500mm perfectly for the fine background... showing very fine detail and colors.

Albert Darmo

canada

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 16, 2015 at 6:46 PM

Excellent sharp details & BG Jim, great comp.

No nits, just a fine piece of work devil

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 18, 2015 at 1:03 PM

Jim: A delightful natural accident superbly captured and presented. Most excellent.>=))>

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