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A Sea of Sunflowers

A Sea of Sunflowers by Stuck in Customs.
I was driving back from the dinosaur dig up near Canada, feeling awfully tired on the highway between Butte and Bozeman. The hour was around sunset and then I suddenly saw this enormous field of sunflowers... it was just sitting there... with no one taking photos of it... I thought it was a shame so pulled over and ran out into the field to get some shots before the sun dipped below the horizon.

These sunflowers were TALL. They must have been 6 feet off the ground. To get the shot, I extended the tripod, kept the legs together, put the camera on a 5 second timer, and hoisted it in the air again and again until I finally found the angle I wanted.

For you cool photo-nerds (like me), I kept the ISO at 320 and EV+2. The lens was at 14mm and the ap at 4.8. The exposure was .004 secs.

from the blog at www.stuckincustoms.com 

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Scottyyy says:

Vivid flowers here. Nice color!
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ZekaG  Pro User  says:

Excellent :-)
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GMills31  Pro User  says:

Great composition.

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*Cake  Pro User  says:

Wow that is so beautiful :)
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Auntie K  Pro User  says:

Wonderful sight and great photo!

I love sunflowers, especially the kind that face the sun as it rises and sets. So interesting.
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.Keegan.  Pro User  says:

Great angle.

I'm always jealous of your shots.
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antonioVi  Pro User  says:

Great work you did here ! I like the colors. Well done!
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espressoDOM  Pro User  says:

beautiful symmetry...
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Tony Shi, NY-NJ  Pro User  says:

this is so unique, so beatiful... congrats Trey
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Pachelbel Canon says:

Well worth the trouble!
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Shairani says:

WOW!
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pixability  Pro User  says:

they all look to be dutifully praying to their deity, very apt imagery for the sunflower
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The_Photo_Boy  Pro User  says:

very nice, this is great
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ronsho © says:

splendid take !
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n.a.  Pro User  says:

very nice. like a leopard skin quilt on the field.
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tomVALEN  Pro User  says:

man...this is an awesome exposure! love it!

I still kick myself when i drove by a field like this but didn't have my camera.

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Flixos ;) says:

congrats, dude...you really got the good idea stopping your car ;)
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emozione dolce  Pro User  says:

brilliant shot, well worth the effort.
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.aylin.  Pro User  says:

sunflowers & the sun :)) great capture!
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Shubh M Singh  Pro User  says:

nicely done there
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leoniewise  Pro User  says:

this is my favourite of yours so far.

i *heart* sunflowers
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gismaster  Pro User  says:

absolutely stunning
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i.rashid007  Pro User  says:

Wonderful shot.................Excellent quality !!!
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colas81  Pro User  says:

Nice ambiance, i love this colors
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JdeB  Pro User  says:

lovely composition - the sun in the corner makes the photo for me.
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Meshuggener403  Pro User  says:

Wow dude, that's beautiful :)
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gabrielescotto  Pro User  says:

wooooooooow splendid!!!!!
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#1 macro girl says:

You couldn't have been at a better place and at better timing with you camera!!! This is beautiful
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susan_r4 says:

Wow! Beautiful Trey!
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stevenbulman44  Pro User  says:

Such a fabulous image, the composition is ideal and the lighting magnificent. Congratulations on Explore.

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macroninja says:

A gorgeous scene, masterfully captured!
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tzargregory says:

Glorious!
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Kiyoshi Jiro  Pro User  says:

Great shot :x
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neilalderney123  Pro User  says:

I can just imaging the scene there Trey... You holding the camera up on the tripod! Imagine what passers by would have thought! ;-)

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donnie joe  Pro User  says:

most excellent! how did you get that blue in the right top corner with exposure combination while shooting into the sun?!?!?
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Carolina Shots (Cricket)  Pro User  says:

Excellent shot! Well worth the effort!
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RHImages says:

Amazing.
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Photo Sheik  Pro User  says:

Beautiful!
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Jon in Thailand  Pro User  says:

Great shot ,right place right time. You notice how the plants are all about the same heigth due to being genetically modified .
Helps the harvester do a clean cut and get the most product from each plant . Stalks go for feed.....
Here in asia they are about one meter tall.. As the harvest is done by hand and for the most part the people are short .
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Verticordia ( . . . )  Pro User  says:

Ha you finally got too it, very cool! 6 feet tall wow you found a field of monster Sunflowers. Excellent shooting. Nice find! Did you find any dinosaurs when you were digging?
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Jeroen Krah  Pro User  says:

wild, I would have loved to see a shot from you taking this shot. Tiptoeing with your tripod hight in the air :-)
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traumlichtfabrik (in Italy, see you in one week)  Pro User  says:

WOW this shot is so fantastic!! I totally love all your work
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somewheretropical  Pro User  says:

Excellent... I miss the field of sunflowers around here as they have all been replaced with row crop vegetables.

Love the sun!!
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GAry.Photography  Pro User  says:

so pretty....
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aa_just_thowt  Pro User  says:

What a carpet!
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this is just stunning!!!
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this is amazing (:
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AMAZINGLY Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!
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John F Hark  Pro User  says:

Great creative composition. Color and light are awesome too.
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regan_langel says:

Wow this is great! I know exactly where that is... Three Forks, Montana. I'm in real estate and do the marketing for our company. Mind if I use that for some advertising? I can put a "photo by" caption if you'd like?
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live w mcs  Pro User  says:

I have also seen this site,
and what a site to see of all the sunflowers
facing the sun! This is one of my favorites.
All of your work is beyond great
it's so totally impressive!
Your a true master
thanks for shareing
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thefashionablylate says:

wow i LOVE THIS
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Nmissaj says:

OMG! I love it. Can I put it as a header on my blog? I'll credit you :D
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