Life on the Street
A sunflower peeks out of a garden along Broadway.
I'm taking an Adolescene and Literature class this month, testing new grounds, and last night I sat in the park and read Seedfolks. I recommend everyone do this -- a very quick read, and the experience helped scrub off the years of hardness and calcification I've built up from living in the city. Sorely needed.
I'm going to put a plug here on behalf of my girlfriend. If you like my "Wet Dog Explosion" shot, you can vote for it in a contest here. Andrea wants Smokey to be officially cute, so vote "2p".
Comments and faves
deckard_00, jrisdon13, ⊰.angelica.⊱, Saaty Photography, and 41 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Computer Science Geek (72 months ago)
Nice.
Alastair Rae (72 months ago)
Good DoF and composition
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mihay (72 months ago)
nice and simple :)
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beegee74 (72 months ago)
before I saw the give away tag, I was gonna ask where the heck along Broadway you found a sunflower... very nice!
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PhilWestcott (72 months ago)
gorgeous picture! sharpness is amazing!
smoothdude (72 months ago)
i faved it.. rare for a flower shot! :)
noeltykay (72 months ago)
Great shot!
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Wiedmaier (72 months ago)
I am so jelous of your 1.4. It's just so much more silky smooth then the 1.8. How I pine for that extra $500 so I can trade in my 1.8 and get one too....
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paul goyette (72 months ago)
wow, that bkeh is really lovely...
s i l v i u (72 months ago)
this is what a good lens can do, i can only envy you.
congrtas.
JimmyOKelly (72 months ago)
Inspiring! Thanks for sharing!
Rita Crane Photography (72 months ago)
This is wonderful photography. Photography like no other medium can do. Great eye and framing and subject! Love it and faved it!
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Ryan Brenizer (72 months ago)
Thanks, all!
@smoothdude: I rarely take flower shots, so we're even. ;-)
StarrGazr (72 months ago)
Always remember to notice the little things...it helps to gain perspective, especially in the big, noisy, busy city.
Great shot Ryan! BTW...miss your old logo.
koduckgirl (72 months ago)
This has been tagged "BOKEHSONICE!-JULY BOKEHSONICE!-JULY16"...by either me or one of the other 12 administrators in Bokeh:Smooth and Silky because this is a VERY NICE bokeh image & it SHOULD be in the pool's
BOKEHsoNICE! slide show of administrator's picks for July
GOOD JOB!
and please check out July's growing slideshow
www.flickr.com/photos/tags/bokehsonicejuly/in teresting/show/
& July 16's Slideshow:
www.flickr.com/photos/tags/bokehsonicejuly16/ interesting/...
Cajie (72 months ago)
The sharpness and the colors and the bokeh and the details and the composition just makes me cry....
Girl flyer (72 months ago)
i like the idea of this photo !
nice.
bbsc30 (72 months ago)
Nice DOF a very good shot\
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Mace2000 (72 months ago)
Great shot! The DoF and the framing are excellent.
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sgrazied (72 months ago)
Fantastic focus and DOF... well done!
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njhiker43 (72 months ago)
great shot-love the dof
eric_kelley (72 months ago)
sweet shot! love the contrast between the out of focus lights and the flower 3:1
kcinfocus (72 months ago)
Bokeh baby!
marvinythomas (72 months ago)
nice shot
ulibrsrkr (72 months ago)
cool
Oh Richard (72 months ago)
amazing clarity!
Kris Kros (72 months ago)
Congratulations! This is currently featured on Explore Front Page for 16 July 2006.
You are cordially invited to add this to Explore Top 20.
The Adventures of Mang Jose (72 months ago)
Beautiful!
jasony3300 (72 months ago)
Cool and Nice..
ToNo's world (72 months ago)
An eyecatcher. Will be an instant fav for me..
well seen and executed :-)
vladd_rom (72 months ago)
awesome
Josho (72 months ago)
Beautiful bokeh :)
Ryan Brenizer (72 months ago)
Thanks, everyone!
lawatha (72 months ago)
Congratulations! This image is currently one of Flickr's most interesting photos for July 16, 2006. (It is on page one of the calendar view.) Would you please add it to the Interestingness pool? It would be a great addition!
@rmando (72 months ago)
Beautiful.
curlytale (72 months ago)
Really appealing. A favourite for me
KoenigNazgul (72 months ago)
Carpe, this is indeed some splendid Bokeh. Nice work. Also seems like a strong crop/framing to me.
Elitsa (72 months ago)
Lovely!
AngeloSirdele (72 months ago)
Spectacular !
AlexS (72 months ago)
Very very nice !! :-) I love the background..
Amidasu [deleted] (72 months ago)
Beautiful composition!
kaycatt* (72 months ago)
Excellent focus and DOF....absolutely wonderful!!
Seen in explore.
dsevilla (72 months ago)
Man, this is a wonderful shot! And I'm speechless at the bokeh of the 85mmf/1.4. Really nice.
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niimo (72 months ago)
that bokeh is so beautiful! A great lens, the canon 85mm f/1.8 is one I look forward to getting. ..if not the 1.2 ;)
alankin (72 months ago)
Beautiful sense of the street and sidewalk in the bokeh.
*Samantha Murphy* (71 months ago)
I used to live on 99th and Broadway. I know exactly how that sunflower feels.
michael starghill (71 months ago)
nice DoF. i like the contrast of nature and city although you can barely make out whats going on in the background. excellent work
toastforbrekkie (71 months ago)
Bokeh! Bokeh! Bokeh!
Feodel (71 months ago)
SuperBokeh!
myrte voogt (71 months ago)
just fabulous!
from the top25bokeh group