Susan's Photoblog
Sunflower Burst
Posted by Susan (Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States) on 31 May 2009 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Another new bunch of flowers, for more in-home photo shoots!!! So many shots, so little time to play and post!!!
A PHOTO - CHALLENGE – GET – READY - AM3
JOIN IN WITH DIMITRIOS AND HIS HOLIDAY CHALLENGE!!!
With the time approaching let’s celebrate the coming of the new year.
Post one image on December 25th with a Xmas wish.
Post a second image on January the 1st 2010 and include a smile with yourself in this picture!
Get your mind working on this idea am3, tell your friends about it.
See you there, all the best, Dimitrios from Athens Greece.
Bill Jennings from (Bay Area Northern Calif), United States
I like the odd number - and the composition of this still life! It's great you can get these brilliant flowers for your own use at home in your photo studio. Looks like natural light?
31 May 2009 5:47am
@Bill Jennings: These wonderful flowers came from the Winn Dixie supermarket up the street, and my "photo studio" is the end of my living room, next to the sliding glass doors that go out to the patio!! And yup, natural light is all i have to work with....becomes a problem when thunderstorms set in, and natural light starts to look like night time, in the middle of the afternoon...And finally, instead of using an old black skirt for background, I actually went and bought a piece of black fabric!! So that's all the detail on my "Hi-Tech" photo studio!!! Going back to it momentarily....morning light and a blossoming rose call me......
@Judy: Thanks much, Judy!!!
@Eleftheria: thanks!
@sylvia: Thanks!!
Magda from Vancouver, Canada
Gorgeous! The colours are spectacular, Susan! Love the black background
31 May 2009 4:29pm
@Magda: Thanks much Magda....I knew when I saw these flowers in the supermarket, that they'd make a spectacular shot!!! I'm really pleased with this one!!
@MEC: Thank you!!
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Terrific composition. Beautifully processed.
31 May 2009 5:21pm
@john4jack: Thanks much Jack.....I think I shot it as HDR, but ended up only using one of the exposures!!
willow from Chelsea, United States
These are gorgeous! I'm loving your "hi-tech" studio work. And in answer to your not-at-all-dumb question - I have no idea what kind of flower my post was today. I tend to shoot first and hope somebody can identify it later. I took that one while in New Orleans a couple of weeks ago.
31 May 2009 5:32pm
@willow: Glad you're liking my Hi Tech photo shoots!!! I can even do them in my pj's !!!! ok, now I don't feel bad about asking what the flower was!!! any help from anyone yet on identifying???
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Wow this is your forte, brilliant shot. Imagine what you could do in a high tech studio.
31 May 2009 7:06pm
@Graham Russon: The more I look at this shot, the less the flowers appear "real" to me...but they are, cause they're still in my living room, looking just as good as the day I got them!! And I wouldn't have a clue what to do in a real hi tech studio....I only get it right here at home, quite by accident!!!
marc battault from clermont ferrand, France
susan thank you for this fantastic sun! offers you!
kiss
31 May 2009 8:26pm
@marc battault: marc, glad you liked them!! xxoxx
jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand
5 stars with this one just fantastic. love the sound of your studio
31 May 2009 10:53pm
@jamesy: Thanks much Debbie....yea, anyone can have an "in home" studio like mine!!!
Lee from Fort Frances Ontario, Canada
Wow. The colours are jumping out of the screen at me. So crisp and clear.
1 Jun 2009 3:20am
@Lee: Hope the colours didn't scare ya when they jumped at you!!!! Thanks much for the nice comments....I'm really having a blast with my new computer and new software!!!
Suzanne from Huntington Bch, California, United States
A What a sunny explosion of color...love it.
1 Jun 2009 4:09am
@Suzanne: Thanks, Suzanne....
Anita from West Nottingham, United States
Excellent. Fabulous colors and composition.
2 Jun 2009 12:09am
dkc from Xanthi, Greece
Lovely shot! Happy to hear that you are back healthy and posting great photos!
2 Jun 2009 7:26pm
@dkc: Thanks much D......still not perfectly healthy, but getting there!!
@Sandrine: Thanks much!!! Glad you visited!!
@Sarah: thank you.....looks like you "found" me today!! thanks for visiting, and commenting!!
Jet from Western WA, United States
sunflowers are another one of my favourites - you've captured their light wonderfully, yet again
16 Jun 2009 4:42pm
@Jet: Shooting the flowers in the house was the only thing that kept me sane for the 7 weeks i was at home!!
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