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Sunflower Standout
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Sunflower Standout

by Lucy VanSwearingen

Gallery: FloraPosted November 9, 201385 views9 comments
This sunflower seemed to standout as the most perfect in my garden. I darkened the BG all around to highlight its beauty even more. Hope you like it

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Bill Fach on November 10, 2013 at 9:59 AM
Lucy: A beautiful subject indeed. For me the vignette is a little strong and I would like the partial bloom on the top to not be there but I like the BG flower in the ULC. Those are my only nits. The detail and the color in the center are especially nice and you handled the yellow perfectly. 2 thumbs up. >=))>
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on November 10, 2013 at 11:54 AM
Stunning! I love sunflowers and this is one of the most vibrant and eye-catching I've seen in awhile. Beautifully done.
Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments
Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on November 10, 2013 at 2:40 PM
I loike this unusual composition, Lucy - with the two oof flowers giving nice depth as well as somehow framing the main flower. Superbly captured centre and petals, with the vignette a definite plus !!
Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments
Comment posted by Randy Runtsch on November 10, 2013 at 9:24 PM
Lucy, I like how you framed the flower in the foreground. Since the vignette did not hide the flower in the upper-right corner, it would be more pleasing if its petals weren't on the edge of the frame. Over all, this is a nice composition.
Registered on October 30, 2013, 50 Posts, 445 Comments
Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on November 10, 2013 at 10:04 PM
Beautiful, Lucy! Such a perfect flower. I like the comp with the ULC flower but think the vignette is a bit strong. I hope you took a few with just this flower. I think it would look great by itself too. Excellent detail in the center. Great work!

Sanjay
Registered on April 9, 2013, 107 Posts, 725 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on November 11, 2013 at 12:51 PM
Lucy:

My comments echo what Bill had said. You might want to try to rotate this image counterclockwise and crop out the top OOF bloom. The main bloom is stunning.
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on November 11, 2013 at 10:40 PM
HI Lucy :wavey: I'll quote Ian on this fine image, he said it so well :jump:
Alnert Darmo
Canada
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on November 13, 2013 at 6:04 PM
Beautiful, Lucy. :toast:
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Miro Susta on November 23, 2013 at 12:10 AM
Lucy you have posted here excellently composed image with lovely sunflowers in perfect light. Superb textures. Well done, :smile:
Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments