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Nov, 2015Views
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Behind The Lens
Location
Baguio City, Philippines.Time
This was taken on March 13, 2015, 10:28 AM.Lighting
Only a soft shade from a good mood sunlight i used here means the sun was so kind that time and gave me a cool shade. You know that sometimes, nature cooperate with us when we are kind to them. They light us, they guide us when they feel we love them.Equipment
Equipment used: Nikon D5100 Tamron 70-300mm Handheld (while trying not to disturb wild bees) No Flash Exif: 1/250 sec/ f/5.6Inspiration
What inspired me is being in love with flowers, with nature.Editing
Only used LR Post-Crop Vignetting and Photoscape Sharpen #12.In my camera bag
Nikon D5100 Tamron 70-300mm Micro Nikkor 105mm Nikkor 18-55mmFeedback
Actually, I had a hard time shooting this sunflower because they are huge and plenty of wild bees around plus the fact that i am Apiphobia. So i think the best advice here is always use telephoto when shooting giant sunflowers not to disturb bees as they may feel threatened for them to attack you. One also gives me hard time here is choosing the best flower to shoot with lesser bees and free from decayed petals. The best time to shoot is when the sun is hiding or not too strong and only gives the subject a little shade to highlight where you want to focus. This is the moment when i visited woodlands all by myself where giant sunflowers existing and stayed there for several hours with only bottled water and biscuits satisfied my hungry tummy as my lunch while looking for interesting subjects because the area is too far from the city. I only do that during my off from work. I usually get stressed from Monday to Friday but photography relieves my stress whenever i have free time during weekends. Besides, Sunflower is one of my fave subjects.
