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08-SEP-2007 Mary Anne

Sunflowers Coming and Going

West Hawley, Massachusetts

I hate using flash and do it so infrequently that I could immediately find this one.

I don't know why it says no flash was used. Will it still be acceptable, as the lighting is quite obvious?

Canon EOS 350D
1/200s f/8.0 at 55.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time08-Sep-2007 05:34:57
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length55 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modepartial (6)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programprogram (1)
Focus Distance

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ctfchallenge10-May-2008 23:56
Looks almost like it is on fire, very nice Mary Anne.
~Brent
ctfchallenge10-May-2008 02:49
This really does look surreal Mary Anne, and I like it! Good use of flash here! :-) CJ
ctfchallenge09-May-2008 20:58
Thanks for the comments. I really don't know how this happened, as my flash shots are generally just "blown" or dark and muddy looking. Hence, I don't use the flash very often. This challenge will force me to do more with it.
--Mary Anne
Rod 09-May-2008 10:36
Normally when you use the flash Debi it leaves a nasty shadow on one side of the subject. You can see the shadow to the left of the flower although this shadow looks fine & not nasty at all in this setting. The picy looks really good Mary Anne.
ctfchallenge09-May-2008 05:26
What shadow - Please explain - I know zero about flash - Debi
ctfchallenge09-May-2008 02:59
Talk about creative use of flash - so evocative and surreal. Good saturated colors with no flashy burnouts. Everything is transformed from a "natural" rendition of a clicheed image into an attention grabbing work of art. The background in particular has been converted from a sunny day's garden shot into a dreamlike echo of the foreground flower which seems suddenly startled from its mystical droopiness. -tv
ctfchallenge09-May-2008 02:41
Wonderful! Mary Anne!
Yes, its acceptable! I can see the shadow clearly...
That's the idea behind having this challenge so that we get used to using an important tool effectively...
-Cat