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Sweltering Summer Sunflowers
Sweltering Summer Sunflowers
bassbone


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hot (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Preston/ Griswold CT
Date: Jul 20, 2008
Aperture: f9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Jul 20, 2008

 The sunflowers are up again in southeastern Connecticut. A farm in Preston grows sunflowers each year and draws hundreds of people a day to take photos and stop by their ice cream stand (//www.buttonwoodfarmicecream.com/)

Editing: Raw image converted to Jpeg using Nikon NX software. Adjusted levels, selective colors, curves, noise ninja, crop, resize, save for web. USM post resize.

Post Challenge: Thanks for the comments and favs during voting...it kept my interest in the shot even though the score was not there. Several commented on how they would have like the image better with just flowers - but to capture the heat of a summer evening I really felt that it was needed. I appreciate your point and realize it may have just been me that needed the sky to get that 'hot' feeling...

And thanks to cutout that reminded me that I am not a famous, dead painter - I agree with him - I am neither a painter or dead.

Statistics
Place: 34 out of 167
Avg (all users): 5.7539
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.7636
Avg (non-participants): 5.7500
Views since voting: 2087
Views during voting: 305
Votes: 191
Comments: 10
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 07/31/2008 05:23:05 PM
Peter, I really think this was under appreciated. And I agree with your choice to keep the haze there. Great shot!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/27/2008 06:00:46 PM
Great detail, color and does give the idea of Hot.
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 07/27/2008 10:52:30 AM
well you are NOT van gogh 7
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 07/27/2008 09:09:37 AM
sooooo cool! i love this! new fav!
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 07/27/2008 03:10:21 AM
pastel shades work well for the hazy distance but subtract from the impression of heat on the foreground flowers...
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 07/25/2008 10:07:42 AM
What a way to show heat and summer! Great shot.
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 07/24/2008 07:58:23 PM
Nice colors, i think croping to get just the flowers in frame, works better, but that just my personal preference
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 07/23/2008 03:53:56 PM
Neat image,it does look hot, 8.
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 07/23/2008 05:44:51 AM
The sunflowers almost seem to be glowing from the sun being caugh in the little fibers. I love that effect.

I think it would look more interesting with nothing in the backgound, and sunflowers filling the entire photograph.
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 07/22/2008 08:39:32 PM
I like this! I can almost hear those sunflower saying "hello!" =)
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