Study Group 26

Bob Benson

June Title - Sunflowers in a Row

How I did it - Hue and Saturation, and some edge darkening were the main adustments. I like the pattern here, but decide to "cheat" a little bit to emphasize the verical aspect by narrowing the original pixel width by 10%.

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COMMENTS:
 

Bob Benson
Steve Serpa	I like it. The way the first, second and forth flower drags you right into the frame. Also, how they give the sense of receeding into the background by the reduction in their size. I shot SunFlowers last summer for the first time and you really got a nice shot showing the bob and weave of the planted line. The only thing I would have liked to see was just a bit more saturation in the yellows and greens. You may want to try the AB channel of LAB to enhance the saturation a bit.
Dave Halgrimson	I like the impact, very powerful, composition is very interesting, focus/depth of field is right on. Maybe it's my PC but it looks a little flat. I tried to pull it in to PS but it would not save, not sure why. I like how it keeps your focus and attention. Very nice.
Tony Potter
Vicki DeVico	I always feel a bit of trepidation when cropping and keep things in the same aspect ratio as the original photo, even when swapping from horizontal to vertical and vice versa. To me, cropping only one dimension was a very brave thing to do and it worked so well! Seeing this image, I can't imagine it any other way! I love sunflowers and have yet to shoot what I consider a good photo of one. This is wonderful and your adjustments were just perfect!
Joe Lara
Kathleen Fosselman	I like this picture and composition a great deal.  I was wondering what this picture would have looked like at an angle.

Member Bio

Bob Benson - Biography Bob Benson lives in Schaumburg, Illinois, where he active in the Chicago council (CACCA) as a current board member and former president. He co-founded the first all digital camera club in the area nine years ago. He is also the chair of EID's Interclub Competition. He started with version 3.5 on Photoshop, and is still learning all its intricacies. He finally gave up the ghost on film about a year and a half ago.