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Sunflower

This beautiful Sunflower grown against my driveway fence looks spectacular.

This beautiful Sunflower grown against my driveway fence looks spectacular.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

settings

Aperture f/2.8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 100/1

upload_date

Jun, 2021

Views

215

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Awards

Curator's Selection

Top Shot Award 22

Judge Favorite

Peer Award

Absolute Masterpiece

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 2

Top 10 rank week 1

Behind The Lens

Location

My neighbour planted a row of Sunflower seeds against our shared driveway fence and had an exceptional growth of these five foot tall plants with these beautiful saucer sized flowers on each.

Time

In the morning at about 9 am.

Lighting

A perfect sunny summer day in February with unobstructed sunlight falling directly on the Sunflower.

Equipment

Canon 5D Mk IV with my Tamron SP 35mm f/1.8 Di VC USD Lens. It was a handheld photograph shot at 1/250 at f/2.8

Inspiration

Nothing special, they looked quite spectacular as it was a very sunny day so appropriate for a Sunflower. So I felt I had to take a few photos because they just looked so beautiful.

Editing

I can't remember but I may have given it a little punch with Lightroom.

In my camera bag

I generally will carry a single lens on my current Canon R5 either a 50mm f/1.8 or a 24-70 f/2.8. I have a 15-30 f/2.8, 35mm f/1.8 70-100mm f/2.8 Macro, 70-200mm f/2.8 and a300m f/4 they are all in my bag ready to be used.

Feedback

I think the best advise I can give is carry a camera with you even if it's your smart phone and keep an eye out for anything around where ever you go. There's lots to take even in your immediate surrounds.

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Sunflower

This beautiful Sunflower grown against my driveway fence looks spectacular.

Behind The Lens

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