My annual sunflower shoot at the Great Sand Dunes
Sunflowers, Meteors, Sand Dunes Aug 13, 2011
Bucking the Trend I
I spent the late afternoon looking around for a good isolated sunflower with an appealing background, and settled on this guy!
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Bucking the Trend II
Vertical version
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Green is Good
The dune grasses always make a good subject, and I could really use my 24mm Tilt-shift to advantage here.
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A Star is Born
I waited about an hour after sunset to take some shots of this sunflower. The moon was full so the dunes were quite visible still, but i bounced a bit of flash off the ground to add some highlite to the flower, and keep it on the sharp side in the 30-40 mph winds!
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Perseids
A couple meteors streak across the night sky, only the brightest could be seen in the bright moonlight.
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Perseids II
Black and White version of the Perseid shower over the dunes.
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Alone Again II
Horizontal version.
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Dueling Waves
I liked how the dunes mimicked the clouds.
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A Flower's Life
I discovered this sunflower while walking back after sunrise. I did a similar comp a couple years back, but my tilt-shift lens really helped here to use a larger aperature with a higher ISO to keep the flower sharp in the breeze.
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Morning Has Broken
My morning sunflower as the sun rises.
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A Tough Life
Life thrives in unexpected places...
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A great night and days in the dunes!