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Early Sunflower

A sunflower about to burst forth.

A sunflower about to burst forth.
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NIKON D800

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Aperture 20/1 ISO 1400 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 100/1

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Nov, 2016

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Behind The Lens

Location

A friend who lives about half an hour away in northwest New Jersey has a small farm. While visiting him one day I ran across this sunflower in the making.

Time

I was leaving Bob's farm around 5 in the afternoon. The sun a little muted that day but still bright enough to produce the deep shadows seen in this shot.

Lighting

Bright daylight with just enough thin clouds to make the sky into a huge softbox.

Equipment

This was taken with a Nikon D800 and a Tokina 100mm macro lens. I did use a tripod, no flash.

Inspiration

I'm always on the lookout for an interesting photo. I never leave home without equipment. Bright colors like this green or red always catch my attention.

Editing

I always do a little post sharpening and try several levels of exposure and saturation. This shot required very little of anything but I'm not a purest who claims to pull great shots right out of the camera. I believe post processing is necessary to deliver one's best product so why limit an image's potential by not doing any post?

In my camera bag

I like going to extremes. This is perhaps my worst fault. Recently I took a whole day off just to shoot in southern Pennsylvania (about two hours from home). I packed a Sony a7ii along with an a6000, a Nikon D810 and Z50. The lenses I took ranged from a 12 - 24 f2.8 Nikor to a 150-600 Sigma with about eight other lenses mixed between. With the use of a 1.4 adaptor and using both full-frame and crop sensor bodies, I had with me an effective range of 12mm to 1260mm. I ended up shooting everything with the Sony a7ii and Sony 24-240 lens. That is why I feel it's a fault of mine. Always carrying more equipment than I could possibly use.

Feedback

Just keep your eyes open, always have a camera in your car and pay particular attention to time and weather conditions. Prime time is when you can catch a slightly cloudy day and always be prepared for best times to shoot like the golden hour when the sun bathes everything in a warm pleasing glow.

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Early Sunflower

A sunflower about to burst forth.

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