Sunflower

• sharonl

  Member

  November 4, 2009 at 8:03 pm

  Just a sunflower from the botanic gardens during the summer. C&C welcome.

  sharon

  
  5faythe

  Participant

  November 8, 2009 at 10:21 am

  Hi Sharon,

  I’m no expert on flower shots but I thought you deserved a reply.

  I was taken with the the nice arrangement of the bright yellow of the
  flower against the blue of the sky.

  I know you could do nothing about it but the little leafy thing in the
  middle of the flower distracts my attention.
  Excuse my lack of flower knowledge if there is always one of these. :?

  Anyway I think it is very good.

  John.
  miki g

  Participant

  November 8, 2009 at 8:49 pm

  Hi Sharon.
  I seem to be following John on all the comments today. :lol:
  I like the unusual viewpoint of this. Sunflowers are almost always photographed facing the flowerhead and this alternative angle works well IMO. Also the low shooting angle to include the blue sky is great. Really nice colours and well exposed too. Well done
  sharonl

  Member

  November 8, 2009 at 10:58 pm

  thanks for the comments, I did like the yellow against the blue and I agree, the leaf in the middle was distracting, was very tempted to pull it off :shock: but decided against damaging the lovely plants for the sake of a photo.

  sharon