Photo: &quot;The Sunworshiper&quot;

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More of my work is on my website at http://www.jdebordphoto.com

Photo thoughts--- This is actually a re-post and a reworked version of the shot which currently is in my landscape gallery here. I went ahead and decided to go back into the photo and lighten the bottom up some and add in some contrast masking to make the light pop some more. You can see the original version here https://picasaweb.google.com/103586615087663445665/LandscapesOfTheColoradoKind#5661288466184504034

Just a couple more months from now, almost to the day, I will be back out here for many nights in a row capturing one of my favorite subject matters; Sunflowers. It doesn&#39;t seem like it was 10 months ago when I photographed this scene, time really does fly I guess you can say. As I have said before &amp; will say again, there is something incredibly magical about these fields especially at sunset. The light comes alive in ways I can&#39;t express and unlike any other subject matter. If you look closely you will see what I mean with the petals of the large Sunflower and how the light almost works into the texture of it. For this shot I went ahead and shot this in HDR backed by a CPL and a Grad ND to hold back the highlights some. This allowed me to really capture the dynamic range well within the image while retaining the subtle light and shadow play. To date it has also been one of my best selling images. It seems many of my Sunflower shots sell well and I guess it&#39;s because people love the flowers as much as I do. Crazy to think I have literally hundreds if not thousands of Sunflower shots I haven&#39;t even processed yet. Guess I better get to it huh?
Happy Sunday everybody!
---John

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