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Wild Sunflowers In Retro

Published: Jan 20, 2010

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Wild Sunflowers In Retro

Wild Sunflowers....there is just something about them which I have always loved, and are a favorite subject of mine to photograph. Captured using my Tamron 200-400mm lens, I wanted something that sort of harked back in a retro style to old style film, something that didn't just come off as a standard closeup of a Sunflower. I wanted to capture a sense of emotion, a sense of feeling....I hope I achieved that and I hope you all like it
---John

^{See more on my website http://jdebordphoto.com all work copyrighted 2009 John De Bord. Feel free to link to this shot on Facebook, Twitter, etc. I welcome the extra exposure!}

Image size

810x542px 244.96 KB

Make

KONICA MINOLTA

Model

MAXXUM 5D

Shutter Speed

1/320 second

Aperture

F/6.3

Focal Length

400 mm

ISO Speed

200

Date Taken

Aug 26, 2009, 8:32:23 AM

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Jan 21, 2010

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Hi John,

What a stunning image! I love the composition and the toning is superb. Indeed a bit like an old vintage movie.

I must say the Depth of Field is very appealing, with the other sunflowers being the very natural background for their companion, but nice and blurry. Also they seem larger then the one you focussed on, which gives your subject sunflower a fragile and vulnerable appearance. It seems to take a bow to the others. The lighting is subtle, yet warm enough to imagine that the picture was taken in France, on one of the immense sunflower fields Vincent van Gogh picked flowers from to use in his most famous painting.

So yes, your picture creates emotion, in me it does.

Cheers, Marion