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A simple sunflower

This is a discussion on A simple sunflower within the Nature and Wildlife forums, part of the Showcase category; Village Creek was already closed this evening when I got there (had an hour of daylight left) so I had ...

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A simple sunflower - 08-15-2009, 08:57 PM


Village Creek was already closed this evening when I got there (had an hour of daylight left) so I had to settle for flowers in a local park.


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08-16-2009, 08:38 AM


A simple subject (not in the sense of simple/easy to shoot) , but well executed. Very nice image, John.

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08-16-2009, 08:56 AM


Yellow is hard to conquer and you did very nice. Hate it when I run out of daylight too.

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08-16-2009, 08:58 AM


Is that a Sunflower or a Black Eyed Susan?

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08-16-2009, 10:18 AM


This looks great to me John!

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08-16-2009, 12:00 PM


Simple but beautiful shot, John!

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08-16-2009, 02:37 PM


Thanks, everyone!

Chris, I'm pretty sure it's a Sunflower. The petals of the BES are long and narrow.

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08-16-2009, 04:01 PM


Simple but nice. I like the subject isolation provide by the smooth OOF background.

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08-16-2009, 04:23 PM


Beautiful shot John. Sometimes simple is best.

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Thanks, Jeff and Tim. I love using my 70-200 f/2.8 for shots like this.

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Gorgeous shot!!!

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08-17-2009, 09:39 AM


Simple is often the best. Great colors.

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Thanks, Patti and Melissa!

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08-17-2009, 12:53 PM


Nice shot John, Simple is good. I like the composition.

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