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The ubiquitous sunflower

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Posted by Rod Chandler on July 26, 2009 at 10:39 PM
The ubiquitous sunflower
Wildflowers are abundant in the prairies. I shot this one two weeks ago near the Kansas border. This image was made with my Tamron 200 to 500mm lens. There was a pretty strong backlight on the flowers so I decided to isolate this one. There was also a fairly strong breeze so I cranked the ISO on my Nikon D2Xs to 800.
Posted by John Mumaw on July 26, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Great idea to isolate the flower.
The shadow helps give this some dimension.
Darkening the backdrop just a taste would help define the stem a bit better.
The backdrop could use a bit of noise reduction, as well. These are minor points, though.

All in all, a great shot, Rod!

Posted by Morris McClung on July 27, 2009 at 11:11 PM
I agree with John on the noise reduction, but your comp, and color are excellent. And the light show the flower off very well.