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03-NOV-2006 Helen Betts

Red and Gold
by Helen Betts

Washington, D.C.

I work at home for a Turkish newspaper and get up at the crack of dawn (well, before that, actually) every day to get online. I usually don't even know what the weather is like, but today I happened to take a break and look through the bedroom window down at our dogwood (which we had planted almost 20 years ago before we moved overseas). The color and light nearly took my breath away, so I grabbed my new H5 and ran downstairs, feeling guilty about playing hookey from work but trying quickly to capture the moment. I might try to take this again, but it's unlikely I'll catch it at such a spectacular point in time.

Sony DSC-H5
1/100s f/5.6 at 36.0mm iso80 full exif

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Jerry Curtis10-Nov-2006 22:25
Very nice composition, Helen. I love the contrasting colors.
mlynn 10-Nov-2006 01:24
Beautiful splash of color, and I see little dancing shadows in the transparent leaves. --Melanie
Katherine Stanback's Photos08-Nov-2006 18:53
Nice capture - I love the red & yellow colors and the bright lighting!
MCsaba 06-Nov-2006 07:40
Beautiful and well ballanced colors, very nicely done!
tessa 06-Nov-2006 01:32
yes - wonderful capture! great light, composition, and color!
photocat37 04-Nov-2006 13:18
Wonderfully vivid colors. Great light too. Very good capture. It would be hard to improve on it Helen.