August is a wonderful time to see dahlias and sunflowers, and Filoli Centr in Woodside, CA is a good place to see them. Shot hand-held with a 70-200mm lens, 1.5x crop factor, and 1.4x extender. Thank goodness for bright sun!
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Those petals are silky smooth with perfect DOF. This looks like a good image for the Shadow/Highlight filter in PS CS to bring out a little more shadow detail in the middle dark area. I know it may seem like a nitpick but there is some detail in there that I would like to see and it would help delineate the bees some more. Perfect framing. Good job.
Nice composition which clearly met the challenge. Colors are good. Comp is fine. I think greater DOF would have improved it but that's probaby a matter of taste.
Interesting image, but I find that the yellow seems quite washed out. Could have underexposed this shot a little or could have been burned a bit to darken those petals. Nice focus on the central part of the flower with the bees.
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