{"id":5689,"date":"2014-08-18T21:23:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T04:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=5689"},"modified":"2014-08-18T21:23:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T04:23:45","slug":"sunflower-fields-near-dia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/18\/sunflower-fields-near-dia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunflower Fields Near DIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I headed out to Tower Road, where last year there was a huge field of sunflowers. No luck this year. Yesterday, late afternoon, I headed further east along I-70. Near the Watkins exit, I left the interstate. In the distance were fields of yellow that caught my attention, so I meandered through various roads to get there. As I walked along the roadside, I noticed one corn plant growing up among the sunflowers — a case of “pattern interrupted”!<\/p>\n

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Corn Among The Sunflowers<\/p><\/div>\n

Most of the sunflowers face the rising sun, so I had the opportunity of shooting back-lighted flowers in the afternoon sunlight.<\/p>\n

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Backlit Sunflower<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the flowers was side-lighted against a dark background. This was perfect for a black and white, monochrome conversion.<\/p>\n

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Single Sunflower<\/p><\/div>\n

Walking carefully among the plants, I setup with a wide angle lens, and angled down to make this image that shows all the flowers facing east.<\/p>\n

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Field Of Sunflowers<\/p><\/div>\n

The sunflowers were planted in rows, aligned east-west in this image. Shooting into the sun was going to be tough — the lens needs to be shaded to prevent flare spots. The lens already had a lens hood, but I had to shade the front of the lens with my hand to block the sun. I just love the all those flowers, with dark orange centers surrounded by yellow petals. In the distance were storm clouds, which added to the drama of this image.<\/p>\n

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Sunflowers And Distant Storm Clouds<\/p><\/div>\n

With a long lens, I focused on the clump of sunflowers in the middle distance, so that they were peeking out behind the foreground flowers.<\/p>\n

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Sunflowers Peeking Out<\/p><\/div>\n

I made several more images as the sun went down. After the sun disappeared below the horizon, the setting sun lighted up the clouds — pink against the blue sky. The grain elevator was also included to balance the composition in this image.<\/p>\n

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Sunflowers, After Sunset<\/p><\/div>\n

While enjoying the sunflowers during the afternoon, I heard voices in the distance. Returning to the car, I found several cars parked along the roadside. Several visitors, some with school kids, had stopped nearby to enjoy these magnificent flowers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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