The Mustards in Bloom
Uploaded: March 01, 2007
f2.8, 1/500, ISO 200, manuel. My Great Dane Lucy in a mustard field in Healdsburg, CA. Thanks to my BP instructor Sean Arbabi's class on Exposure I've learned to properly meter my camera to get this perfect exposure.
Janine Russell March 01, 2007
Diana, cute capture; great color, detail, exposure and lighting. #613970Michelle D. Milliman March 01, 2007
Very nice! #4013099Marta J. Baldwin March 01, 2007
Very nice capture Dianna! Great color and I like the angle. #4013138cheryl m. phillips March 01, 2007
beautiful!Robert Baer March 02, 2007
diannaNikki McDonald March 02, 2007
Gorgeous colors and clarity. What fun she must have had--hope neither of you are allergic :). #4014354Dianna Murphy March 02, 2007
Thank you all for the compliments, I very much appreciate them. #4014561Kenneth Mucke March 02, 2007
Simply a georgous image Dianna..Love the comp and wonderful yellow #4015050Dianna Murphy March 02, 2007
Thank you Kenneth. You have some stunning work in your gallery. I particularly love the Old Log Home and the Mossy Old Barn. #4015623Theresa Marie Jones March 02, 2007
Wow, super colors! A winner! #4015911Stephanie D. Moon April 19, 2007
LOVE this Dianna. your beautiful dog looks wonderful around all that yellow. and your technique is perfect! #4186963Dianna Murphy April 19, 2007
Thanks a bunch! #4186991Erica Murphy April 24, 2007
GORGEOUS!!! Congratulations!Erica #4206034
Kay E. Mahoney April 24, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist, Dianna. Good luck in the next round. #4206924Dianna Murphy April 25, 2007
Thank you Erica and Kay!!! #4210922Janine Russell April 25, 2007
Dianna, congratulations on your Second Place Win! #4214630Colette M. Metcalf April 26, 2007
Congratulations!!! #4215179Mike D. Perez April 26, 2007
Congratulations Dianna on your Winner! It is beautiful! #4216008Kay E. Mahoney April 26, 2007
Congratulations on your beautiful second place winner. #4218889Robert Baer April 29, 2007
diannaHurk (Steve) Hurkett April 29, 2007
Congratulations on This wonderful 2nd place winner, Dianna .... Steve #4227439Dianna Murphy April 29, 2007
Thanks for all the support and compliments. I enjoyed your galleries and previous winners/finalists as well and am honored to be among you. #4227922Stephanie D. Moon April 30, 2007
Dianna, I'm so glad to see this with a gold medal! Congratulations! #4232012Crystal L. Craig April 30, 2007
Congrats Dianna! Beautiful capture! #4232520Patrick R. McMullen May 05, 2007
Congratulations! Great subject and the light is beautiful!William C. Raco February 15, 2008
This is excellent, Dianna!Dianna Murphy February 16, 2008
Thank you Stephanie, Crystal, Patrick and William. I'll give Lucy a scratch from you all. #5502653Jean E. Hildebrant April 29, 2008
I love the mustard fields and a gorgeous dog too! I used to live in OR and we had fields like this. Just gorgeous and you are right you are getting the perfect exposure! Congrat's on this wonderful winning shot! #5858626Stanley C. Sims September 29, 2009
This is an beautifully done photograph Dianna. The colors and the contrast serve it well. Congratulations on this winner. #7995732Shelly A. Van Camp September 30, 2009
Awwww, Love this!!! Super work! #7999020Stacy Zacher November 03, 2009
Gorgeous color and what a capture of your dog's expression! Congrats! #8101599Gary Lange November 13, 2009
Many belated congrats here!! Terifi use of color and BG! #8128822Lisa M. Throgmorton September 15, 2010
Such an exceptionally lit capture of this beautiful dog surrounded by lovely tone. :) #8904966Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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