Marcus Miller
March 2025 - Sunflowers in Winter
About the Image(s)
This image was taken from the side of the road since the snow bank was too deep to climb through. I cropped all around to bring attention to the subject. Minor adjustments in LR.
ISO 200, 19mm, f16, s1600.
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5 comments posted
Since you named it 'Sunflowers in Winter' I would crop the image to just keep the sunflowers in the snow. Posted: 03/16/2025 19:21:37
Lovely scene - even if the sunflowers look rather miserable! I think the background adds context. Posted: 03/22/2025 10:25:21
Marcus, this makes me feel cold is so represents what you photographed. Splendid! Posted: 03/23/2025 20:20:04
I find it compelling and sad that the sunflowers have captured snow instead of sunlight. Wonderfully bleak, with good repetition of vertical elements.
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Also, including all that space to the left of your subjects sidelines them in a way that enhances their appearance of misery. Nice job on this. I do hope you also captured one of just the sunflowers though, as Pinaki suggested. I saw an image this morning that reminded me of these sunflowers. It was a burnt forest, but each tree was framed separately, all the frames lined up, with some up/down variations that added interest (for me). Here's a link if you want to take a look (I think it is temporary): https://photoplacegallery.com/online-juried-shows/ruins-and-remnants/gallery/exhibition-gallery#lg=exhibition-gallery&slide=6
Posted: 03/26/2025 06:32:07
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Also, including all that space to the left of your subjects sidelines them in a way that enhances their appearance of misery. Nice job on this. I do hope you also captured one of just the sunflowers though, as Pinaki suggested. I saw an image this morning that reminded me of these sunflowers. It was a burnt forest, but each tree was framed separately, all the frames lined up, with some up/down variations that added interest (for me). Here's a link if you want to take a look (I think it is temporary): https://photoplacegallery.com/online-juried-shows/ruins-and-remnants/gallery/exhibition-gallery#lg=exhibition-gallery&slide=6
Posted: 03/26/2025 06:32:07
Hi Ken, thx for your comments. The linked pic is very inspiring for taking a fresh look at typical subjects.
The sunflowers caught my attention bec they stood out against the snow and normally they would have blended into the winter field colours. I couldn't take many pics that day. I had stopped at the edge of the road and the snow was about 4' high so I could move around to other angles. I was not about to climb into the snow and wallow around for a better angle.
One of my other images had the sunflowers without the farm house in the background and it was too bland and didn't tell a story.
Last week the snow melted and the sunflowers were insignificant again. Glad you enjoyed. Posted: 03/28/2025 00:29:05
The sunflowers caught my attention bec they stood out against the snow and normally they would have blended into the winter field colours. I couldn't take many pics that day. I had stopped at the edge of the road and the snow was about 4' high so I could move around to other angles. I was not about to climb into the snow and wallow around for a better angle.
One of my other images had the sunflowers without the farm house in the background and it was too bland and didn't tell a story.
Last week the snow melted and the sunflowers were insignificant again. Glad you enjoyed. Posted: 03/28/2025 00:29:05