Sunflower Power

[Wirefox]

I cheered my self up a bit today by shooting sunflowers. A mixture of watering and chicken poo pellets has certainly got them blooming.

[ScoutR]

Hi Steve: Nothing like sunflowers to brighten up one's day My picks are 1, 3 and 5 with 3 being my favourite and 5 a close second. They really stand out against the background. I like the corner shots too, you always manage to come up with something original and the more I look at them, the more I like 2 and 4 also.

Do the birds come and feed on these in the fall when they go to seed?

Wendy

[Wirefox]

Thanks Wendy. This is the first year we have grown these multi-head sunflowers but I expect the birds will love them. At present they seem to attract hundreds of hover flies

Cheers

Steve

[wilgk]

Love the Blue & Yellow together & #4 is my favourite

[John T]

Nice images. Like the blue background and the light.

What are your sources of background color and what type of lighting source did you use?

[Wirefox]

John

I use A0 size art board. It comes in just about every colour and shade you can think of. For both indoor and outdoor I simply fired the flash through a shoot through brolly. Used manual indoor and Av outdoor. I know you are not supposed to diffuse outdoors but I did not want the flash to dominate but simply to fill the darker areas of the sun flower.

Steve

[rpcrowe]

I think that the yellow sunflower is gorgeous against that intense blue background...