Sunflower

For my mentoring group HDR project. It's also for my in-laws who are celebrating 40 years of marriage this weekend. I'm having a quick 365 fix then its time to get ready for a big day of celebrations. Happy weekend everyone and thank you for those of you who got me to TP yesterday.

[Newbank Lass]

@taffy @pamknowler @sullivar @888rachel @golftragic Another go...thoughts welcome please.

[gayelene]

love this :)

[Graeme Stevens]

Superb shot, great detail and colouring, enjoy the celebrations

[Sam]

A sunflower definitely should be in COLOUR! This is magic :)

[Daisy]

This is just beautiful, have a great day, enjoy

[Debs Stott]

I love the detail and depth of colour you've achieved in this with the HDR. Fab composition too

[HEW]

I love this, really great composition and colours

[Danielle]

Awesome details.

[Lyn Berriman]

This is perfection!!!

[Andy Mcculloch]

Beautiful shot.

[Meredith McNay]

This is great.

[Sheralee S]

Beautiful! Love your comp and the vibrant colours. I think the HDR is really effective.

[Nick Cronin]

Hope your day is as good as this photograph :-) Fav

[Alison]

Wonderful shot, the water droplets add great interest. I'm a complete novice when it comes to HDR, is this something you do in the camera or in the processing?

[Jasmine]

Beautiful! I love the colour, the crispness and the water droplets. Fav!

[vstap]

Happy Anniversary to them! Beautiful tribute.

[*lynn]

fabulous detail...fav

[Kathy]

WOWZER!!! Instant Fav!! Such wonderful details and the rain drops make it look so fresh. I love sun flowers!! Congratulations to your in-laws, we just celebrated 39 years this pasat June. LOVE your work!

[Margaret Obey]

Love the rain drops, fav

[Rona]

Beautiful, fab water droplets too :)

[Taffy]

I have mixed feelings. I like the details in it that you've brought out, but sunflowers to me are all about light and joy and optimism...and this feels darker than I like. So, love the details, might make it a little brighter. BUT, if you were going for the unexpected with sunflower, you totally nailed it. What would would it look like on b&w? I think that could be really interesting since you've captured such amazing details in it.

[Daisy Miller]

Gorgeous shot. Great composition. A fav

[Stephanie Swift]

Love just about everything here, fav! Have a great time celebrating your in-laws' anniversary.

[Kathie]

Terrific shot and a fav for me. Wonder why it says photomatix?

[Leah]

Great sunflower capture!!! Love your POV!!! Congratulations to your in- laws on their 40th anniversary!!! Hope the party is absolutely fantastic!!! Fav!!!

[Lisa Villella]

Fantastic colors and clarity of water droplets. Love the composition too!

[Nita]

Beautiful capture, fabulous all over.

[Carol]

Beautiful shot! Fav.

[Marnie]

@newbank I like this HDR Ruth. The details are superb and the low lighting has brought out the rich colours of the petals and centre (don't know the technical term) of the flower. To me, the composition has worked very well by showing some of the blurred background.

[Rachel Withey]

I love this. Fantastic processing and the dark colours really work for me. Fav

[Penny Price]

I prefer this to yesterday's and I agree with @taffy about the brightness. You have captured great detail in the petals and water droplets which is fabulous.

[Rachel]

I love the detail in the petals, and especially the colouring on the right side. It seems a little dark in the middle of the flower, but the composition and details are spot on for me. A lovely HDR.

[Andrew S]

I think this is a very natural HDR. The colours are great and there are no annoying halo's. Great job!

[Newbank Lass]

@kathiecb It's the HDR processing system I am using. Untill I pay about 100 pounds for it puts water marks on images. haven't got funds for it yet....

[Annie D]

yellow - such an uplifting colour - beautiful detail

[Newbank Lass]

@taffy I wondered if it was darker than expected as I shot it in the evening? Not sure. Thanks for comments.

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

Wow, this is really clear and bright and beautiful!

[Eve Pulsater]

What a wonderful shot.

[Sheila]

Saw a photographer walk by (on the field safari) with a water bottle and thought "Oh, so wish I had one of those!" Drenched in water gives it an all new look! - (Please post this in the thread!!)