Waiting For The Sun - a photo on Flickriver

Before Sunrise - Had the Sigma 150-500 trained on the moon - thought it would be cool to shot this sunflower in the morning blue hour. Camera still set @ f11 and 500mm. Used Photoshop to process this; Added a layer then selectively dodged the petals and leaves bringing out the bright orange and the fine blue hairs along the stems.
"Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant native to the Americas that possesses a large inflorescence (flowering head). The sunflower got its name from its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image is often used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads of flowers. The heads consist of 1,000-2,000 individual flowers joined together by a receptacle base." (lifted from Wikipedia)

Taken on: September 15, 2011

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Dark

Morning

Nikon D300

D300

Nikon

150-500

Before Sunrise

dodged

sigma APO 150-500mm f/5-6.3

Blue Hour

Orange

Orange Flowers

Flower

Sunrise

Helianthus Annuus

Mathematical Model

tall

multiheaded

inflorescence

fiery blooms

hairy stem

Stem « less

Sets appears in: • Artsy Fartsy

Groups appears in: • PHOTOGRAPHERS OF CANADA • Sigma 150-500mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM more » • I am Canadian! • EDMONTON ALBERTA « less

Camera: Nikon D300, f/11.0, 1/25 sec, 500mm (=750mm), ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D300
Lens:	150.0-500.0 mm f/5.0-6.3
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.04 sec (1/25)
Focal Length:	500mm (35mm equivalent: 750mm)
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Ver.1.10
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