“When you take pictures of nature with passion, nature poses for you more passionately!”
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Each summer, I spend a great deal of time photographing in the sunflower fields. I find it increasingly more challenging to walk away with a different image than
ones I have created before.
This July, I went to the fields on five separate occasions to photograph. I honestly would have gone more often if I had been able.
Here are the images I created during those five trips. The final image is the one that I feel is unlike any of the others I have captured in the fields and my favorite for the year.
The last image is my favorite from the summer. The day I photographed this flower, there was an intermittent breeze while I was in the field. Rather than fighting the breeze, I decided to use it to my advantage. I used a neutral density filter to block some of the light. This enabled me to use a much slower shutter speed. Using a slower shutter speed, I was able to capture the petals of the flower in motion. While processing the image, I darkened areas to create what I envisioned while photographing the flower in the field.
I look forward to next summer’s quest to photograph sunflowers in ways I have not photographed them before.
-Practice Makes Perfect Magic
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Wonderful images, Mary! Every year I am amazed at how quickly these beautiful flowers leave us.
Thank you, Bill! Such happy flowers!
Most people give up on the sunflowers at the end of the season. I’m glad to see you didn’t Mary.
Thank you, Dan! I will always approach a sunflower field with great enthusiasm!
Thx Mary for the inspiration. Two days back I drove Group to Buttonwoods Farm in Ct- acres of Sunflowers & they support Special Wishes Foundation! Will download the beauties today & hope to create some of my own ‘magical’ images! Your work & your words are so inspiring-Thank you!
Thanks, so much, Ron! I hope you and your group enjoyed the sunflowers!