looking up

Stephomy challenged me to compose an interesting shot with the camera faced straight up. After much deliberation, I wandered out into a blooming sunflower field where I spent about an hour trying to compose a shot facing up that got something more than leaves and sky. Finally got a few shots I think work. Had to take them blind, as I held the camera against the stalk, pointing straight up. Much harder than I anticipated! Edited in Lightroom, Color Efex, and then added a texture in Topaz to give it a little extra punch.

[April]

Stephomy @stephomy .... Here's my composition with the camera facing straight up. That's harder than I anticipated, but I loved wandering around the sunflower field!

[Issi Bannerman]

Gorgeous.

[Joan Robillard]

Love the editing

[Caterina]

Very nice! And thank you for the details of editing. Fav

[Anne]

Wonderful shot of this sunflower - seems to fulfil your brief very nicely

[Diana]

It certainly worked very well April, a stunning image and great processing. Fav

[gloria jones]

Fantastic shot with a painterly look :)

[Jerome]

very nice editing!
love it

[Carole Sandford]

Superb shot!

[Stephomy]

Cool! I think it makes the sunflower look even taller.

[Richard Hickey]

Fantastic picture.

[Sandi]

Fabulous sunflower pic!

[Wendy]

Such a great shot - has that artistic, painterly look with your processing!

[haskar]

Awesome shot.

[Wendy]

Congrats on being selected a finalist - good luck!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Great choice of subject for the challenge, shooting straight up really gives a sense of the height of the sunflower. It looks like it's celebrating the sunshine too.

[Nadiya Bilovodenko]

lovely shot and cool colors