The Beauty of a Solitary Sunflower

[D-B-J]

Shot using my Nikon D7000 Gripped, SU800, and Sb600 with a small beauty dish. Comments and Critiques?!

Regards,
Jake

 

[joealcantar]

Believe I would have gone with a white background to bring it all out.
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Thanks for sharing and shoot well, Joe

 

[D-B-J]

How would that have helped? I mean, yellow on white does not stand out nearly as much as yellow on black..

 

[Trever1t]

I like it on the black, very subdued.

 

[D-B-J]

I like it on the black, very subdued.

Thank you. I grossly underexposed the background (my back yard) and lit the flower with my flash. Glad you like it!

Regards,
Jake

 

[joealcantar]

How would that have helped? I mean, yellow on white does not stand out nearly as much as yellow on black..

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To me it just pops out on white a little better, wish the dof would have been different on this one but one gets the idea. The leaves that are hidden on your image may have stood out a little more. Hey it is all subjective so it really does not matter. Thanks for sharing.
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Shoot well, Joe

 

[D-B-J]

How would that have helped? I mean, yellow on white does not stand out nearly as much as yellow on black..

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To me it just pops out on white a little better, wish the dof would have been different on this one but one gets the idea. The leaves that are hidden on your image may have stood out a little more. Hey it is all subjective so it really does not matter. Thanks for sharing.
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Shoot well, Joe

Hmmm, i guess. I prefer mine, but of course, art is subjective. I purposely darkened the leaves to lead the eye directly to the flower itself.

 

[Destin]

I too prefer the black. The white is cool, but the black just has more "pop" to my eye. Thanks for sharing.

 

[D-B-J]

I too prefer the black. The white is cool, but the black just has more "pop" to my eye. Thanks for sharing.

You are welcome.

 

[D-B-J]

ttt

 

[D-B-J]

Really..? Nothing else..?

 

[amandawu]

So beautiful! I recommend you could make a flower photo album to let more people know your amazing work.

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[Derrel]

Sunflowers are talllllll....I would definitely,definitely think about framing it as a "tall", not a horizontal. The black background is a good choice to make the yellow really "Pop!"

 

[D-B-J]

Sunflowers are talllllll....I would definitely,definitely think about framing it as a "tall", not a horizontal. The black background is a good choice to make the yellow really "Pop!"

Thanks for that! The only reason i framed it in landscape orientation is because of the leaves underneath. But i'll definitely keep that in mind.

Regards,
Jake

 

[Gainsboro]

Both black or white work...the black has more of a feeling or mood, and the white is a bit more commercial, I think