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Challenge: Black & White VIII (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot A540
Location: Concord, California, USA
Date: Oct 11, 2020
Aperture: 4.9
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Black and White, Blur
Date Uploaded: Oct 13, 2020

 File: Sunflower_IMG_3910-DPC

FL: 140mm (35mm EQ)

This was taken on a very bright sunny day ... the effect is a combination of exposure, shooting directly toward the sun, and I think some ash still in the air from the recent N. California fires. The flowers were lit by the sun, but the fence behind them was in shadow, making for the black background; there's only a slight tone adjustment, sharpening, and cropped a little from the top.

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Place: 47 out of 54
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Views since voting: 561
Views during voting: 98
Votes: 45
Comments: 5
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Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR
 03/05/2022 10:19:16 AM
Also, "sunfloeuvre." Terrific portmanteau, Don.
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Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR
 03/05/2022 10:16:04 AM
Yes, this lovely picture seems underwater. Shows the beauty of determination, amidst a choking, seemingly, onslaught.
Rather to the point in this light shone on the Ukraine. But it's just nature, maybe aside from the forest fire smoke, not a human atrocity.
Hope this isn't archival, though a good candidate for such, because I can predict beforehand that this could very well turn out to be a favorite.
It's already been seen and attributed.
Thanks for showing this image to us.
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Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
10/26/2020 01:51:05 PM
Underwater but not wet, or abovewater but drowning
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
10/25/2020 11:59:38 PM
lovely light.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 10/25/2020 11:56:23 PM
This is a nice addition to the sunflower oeuvre (the sunfloeuvre?)

there's something early 20th century primitive about it. Like some scary Man Ray version of Van Gogh (Mango Ray?)

I like how terribly unflowery they are. I'll hang them in my gallery

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