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02-JUL-2005 Traveller

Sun Bonnets Reaching For A Sky So Blue * By Traveller

(My Editting fingers have been slow, my apologizes. Yes, this is the 2nd image, having replaced the first)
Some photographs present nothing but misery...It was hot, (102), Nasty, sweaty & frantically windy taking this image...I took 18 images trying to get the lowest asa with an acceptable shutter speep to stop the swaying motion and still have enough DOF...and yet, I always knew that this was going to be a good image if I could get it. I did...but too often...lol. Here is another frame that I feel is better for the challenge, or at least this image matched what I saw in my mind's eye before I took the picture...but stepping in another step made a different image...and that's the one I submitted. But I love this one also, sigh. Does anyone think that either is far better than the other?

http://www.pbase.com/nickf/image/45804490

Canon EOS 350D
1/250s f/5.6 at 18.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Canon DSLR Challenge12-Jul-2005 21:29
Traveller, this image appears related to mine (although it precedes it i realise that) This surely is the same plant _ a sunflower in english. The varieties grown here are similarly 6-7 ft tall but have single very large flower. Just occasionally, mutants appear like this. Of course this is the wild variety....and very cool i may add.

andy
Guest 11-Jul-2005 22:55
Gorgeous. I would have cleaned up the slight banding in the sky, but: Gorgeous.
Guest 10-Jul-2005 03:18
traveller, this is beautiful. the way the yellow flowers pop off the blue sky. nice one !
Guest 08-Jul-2005 00:26
This is excellent! The linked file looks the same, but still not, due to the black background color, which I think does the image good, so I would suggest adding a simple black frame to this (increase canvas size to for example 450x650 pixels, using black as the "canvas extension color" (or in older versions of Photoshop, set the background color to black before entering "Canvas size"). Also, I'd remove some of the "noise" in the sky.
Canon DSLR Challenge07-Jul-2005 11:43
Traveller, I love this! The pure colours, the bold composition....all round excellent.
Gayle
Canon DSLR Challenge07-Jul-2005 10:06
Dear Fly: These plants are approximately 7 feet tall. It would be very difficult to include their long stems from the ground up....and there ain't no there there...lol...as the poet Gertrude Stein would have said. I have reprocess this image giving it 3 gentle passes of sharpening now...maybe I'm okay with the picture. Best Wishes, Traveller
ctfchallenge07-Jul-2005 00:40
I missed the original, but really like this one. I think it could be a stronger composition if the horizon was at the 1/3 point and you were able to see where the plant meet the ground. theFly
Mikel Featherston06-Jul-2005 23:40
Traveller,

I like *both* versions, but prefer the wider image, if only because it further accentuates the idea that is plant stands pretty much in the middle of nowhere. The wider version really highlights the isolation.
Guest 06-Jul-2005 21:18
Did you change it to the other one? They look the same to me.
Canon DSLR Challenge06-Jul-2005 13:26
I think the other is much better, this is too tightly cropped, the blue sky adds to the composition and makes it lighter, this version is a bit heavy.

rob
Canon DSLR Challenge06-Jul-2005 11:33
http://www.pbase.com/nickf/image/45804490