Saigon Sun
A market in the park with flower sales = many image ops. This sunflower showed promise. Flower Art
A market in the park with flower sales = many image ops. This sunflower showed promise. Flower Art
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Location
In the park in the middle of Saigon. This area is full of stands selling all kinds of flowers. I think these Sun Flowers were actually growing in the ground.Time
Mid day to 2:00 or so, full sun in mid February.Lighting
The "back lighting" made the shot special - resulting in brilliant yellow transmitted through the background color and great detail reflecting from the primary subject flower. Exposure had to be balanced to assure all detail was retained.Equipment
Nikon 'Coolpix 7100' - hand held w/only "natural lighting."Inspiration
It was the picture within the picture. This setting had hundreds of potential images. I was not free to stay there too long, but I did get a few others that I liked. I think photography is more about "seeing" than anything. Clearly, the more technical understanding and the better the tools, the greater potential for "special" results. I use a "point and shoot" because when traveling the heavier the tool the more it becomes a burden. Don't get me wrong, this "point & shoot" knows way more than I do.Editing
Yes, I always check/adjust exposure, gray balance, saturation, definition & sharpness. I will do retouching where necessary. There was not any retouching of this image.In my camera bag
Camera and frequently a tripod.Feedback
Depth of field is usually most critical. When I know the framing I want, I locate the part of the subject that must be sharpest and I set the exposure & focus there. In this shot that was the lower/small flower petals extending over the seeds. Then I adjust the framing and shoot. The large/upper flower is "background" so its detail wasn't critical to me. In fact, I would often adjust depth of field to soften that background image in a subject like this. That often "should be done" when a background is actually a distraction.
