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Dunes, Sunflowers, Meteors--Oh My!

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Posted by Stan Rose on August 13, 2011 at 10:08 PM
Dunes, Sunflowers, Meteors--Oh My!
Just got back from a marathon night in the dunes. I was hoping to catch some Perseids, unfortunately the moon was so bright and high clouds interfered with the shower. But i did catch these guys over the dunes. I saw a great orange fireball too--unfortunately my camera was aimed at a sunflower at that time... But i did get some good sunflower shots!

Full details here:
http://www.stanroseimages.com/gallery/Sunflowers/
Posted by David Bartlett _CO on August 14, 2011 at 1:19 PM
Beautiful series Stan.
You need to come up to Longmont for some real Sunflowers.
Posted by Chris Martin on August 14, 2011 at 3:45 PM
Great series!
Posted by Tom Kennon on August 15, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Stan, great catch on the shooting stars! You are correct on the moon, if was really bright on Friday night! I was hoping to catch a few shooting stars in Mayflower Gulch but the moon rose right over the peaks at sunset!
Posted by Doug Koepsel on August 15, 2011 at 4:50 PM
Stan, Nice set on your blog from your overnight on the dunes, Preference to #7 and the second abstract.
Posted by John Mumaw on August 15, 2011 at 7:10 PM
I think that the best images in this series are those without the flowers (except for 'A Star Is Born').
I'm just not a big fan of these spindly weeds.
Posted by Stan Rose on August 15, 2011 at 7:12 PM
Then you'll really love my next post here, John! :wink:
Posted by Kurt Bowman on August 15, 2011 at 8:27 PM
Damn, damn, damn!!! Just some incredible stuff Stan! I solve the post, but that first vertical shot of the sunflower when you re-visited at sunrise is off the charts awesome! Of course all the abstract shots are fantastic as well. :toast:
Posted by Morris McClung on August 22, 2011 at 10:01 PM
I went out to try to get some. Some of the most frustrating time I have ever spent as a photographer. Never got a single one! :mad: The whole collection is just too cool!