Sunny Colorado

[MonikaC]

I'd gone down to the Sand Dunes one other time to catch the sunflowers in bloom. I thought they were pretty good. This year, the number of them far outdid that year. The smoke from the fires filtered the sun a bit, but wasn't nearly as bad as in the Denver Metro area (it didn't hurt my lungs down in the Sand Dunes). The sky was a bit smudgy, but it also filtered out my shadow a bit, so I was able to shoot with the sun at my back with a 90 or 45mm lens.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Nice set, great flower show.

 

[JimFox]

Wow, great work Monika! That’s a lot of sunflowers! I like those lines in #1.

 

[AlanLichty]

Fun set of images. I love the skies in both of these and the lines in the dunes in #1.

 

[Jim Dockery]

#1 for me too. Glad you could escape the smoke.

 

[MonikaC]

Nice set, great flower show.

Wow, great work Monika! That’s a lot of sunflowers! I like those lines in #1.

Fun set of images. I love the skies in both of these and the lines in the dunes in #1.

#1 for me too. Glad you could escape the smoke.

Thanks, guys!

 

[Mike Lewis]

Nicely done, Monika!

ML

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice pair Monika. Nice light and skies in both. The diagonal in the first is a great composition element.

 

[Beth]

both are beautiful, but the first is stunning.

 

[Timmeh]

I'll throw in for #1 as well. The dune ripples push it over for me.

 

[MonikaC]

both are beautiful, but the first is stunning.

I'll throw in for #1 as well. The dune ripples push it over for me.

Thanks, you two. That scene stopped me in my tracks as I was walking in.

 

[dan swiger]

I'd gone down to the Sand Dunes one other time to catch the sunflowers in bloom. I thought they were pretty good. This year, the number of them far outdid that year. The smoke from the fires filtered the sun a bit, but wasn't nearly as bad as in the Denver Metro area (it didn't hurt my lungs down in the Sand Dunes). The sky was a bit smudgy, but it also filtered out my shadow a bit, so I was able to shoot with the sun at my back with a 90 or 45mm lens.

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The 1st one is very nice but for some reason the 2nd image has some nice lines/curves and of course the "visual irony" of the flowers against the sky

 

[MonikaC]

The 1st one is very nice but for some reason the 2nd image has some nice lines/curves and of course the "visual irony" of the flowers against the sky

Thanks, Dan. I'm going to have to let the term "visual irony" roll around in my brain for a while since this is the 1st time I've heard/seen it.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

That first one is fantastic, Monika. The ripples act as lead-in lines and then you have the diagonal lines of the dunes. In the second one I think you would have liked it if you got much closer to the sunflowers and used to them to emphasize the foreground.

 

[MonikaC]

That first one is fantastic, Monika. The ripples act as lead-in lines and then you have the diagonal lines of the dunes. In the second one I think you would have liked it if you got much closer to the sunflowers and used to them to emphasize the foreground.

I may have some like that for the 2nd one. I still haven't gone through all of my shots from there yet.