starry starry night . . .

Posted by
DULCIE (Danville, CA, United States) on 28 May 2011 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.

As I was developing this photo of weed-flowers that carpeted a patch of lawn behind my house, I began seeing their resemblance to stars and humming Don McLean's popular song, "Starry Starry Night." :-)

NIKON D90 1/1600 second F/4.0 ISO 400 157 mm (35mm equiv.)

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Comments (27)

MissT from Chicagoland, United States

Cool effect - and if you're going to put a song in my head, at least it's one that I like!

28 May 2011 5:20am

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

A Van Gogh shot if ever I saw one!

28 May 2011 6:35am

Kenny from Eastsound, United States

It's a lovely photo but I always found the song disturbing, van Gogh was a very sick man.

28 May 2011 6:37am

Yvon from Orleans, France

yes, Dulcy, right, in the long ears tribe village, north Thaïland

28 May 2011 6:58am

Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France

Nice luminous carpet... but sorry, i don't know the song...

28 May 2011 7:16am

Sam from Chennai, India

Beautiful. What a nice image of these white little starry flowers ... Very dramatic ... Love it. :)

28 May 2011 7:20am

Céline from New York City, United States

Nice shot and tones !

28 May 2011 7:33am

Chantal from Terheijden, Netherlands

the softness that the haze brings is nice

28 May 2011 8:02am

Mirjam from Kyiv, Ukraine

Nice picture. I love the tone and atmosphere.

28 May 2011 9:04am

Christine from Duns, United Kingdom

Lovely shot and they are like stars, a weed is a plant that is in the wrong place :)

28 May 2011 10:50am

marci from in, Morocco

lovely! it's a great effect if the starry night!

28 May 2011 11:49am

MARIANA from Waterloo, Canada

gorgeous !

28 May 2011 11:59am

Aubélia from Kortrijk, Belgium

That's very beautiful, Dulcie! Well done!

28 May 2011 1:15pm

mseguid from Es Castell-Menorca-I Balears, Spain

Beautiful picture. It´s lovely

28 May 2011 1:49pm

Adela Fonts from Barcelona, Spain

Macro delicious full of light and color ... I love the game of focus and blur! well done! Adela

28 May 2011 3:14pm

Sarah from Suisse, Switzerland

Very, very pretty - photo and title (and the song too!).

28 May 2011 4:13pm

Jason Politte from Conway, AR, United States

Fantastic eye, and this effect is wonderful. They truly do resemble stars in the sky!

28 May 2011 7:38pm

Helen from ... somewhere in, Turkey

Gorgeous focus. Nice work

28 May 2011 7:49pm

Anita from West Nottingham, United States

Perfect title.

28 May 2011 7:54pm

Marie from FRESNES, France

superbe lumière, pour cette belle photo.

28 May 2011 9:13pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

beautiful. neat title

28 May 2011 9:57pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

Great song and beautiful photo!

28 May 2011 11:25pm

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Wonderful !

29 May 2011 6:21am

Goddess ☼ Ƹl¡ from Tehran, Iran

Hi
its soooooooooooooooooooooooooo beautiful I realy love it
5 *****s frome me !!!
perfect :)
well done :)

29 May 2011 12:42pm

Morris Taub (momo) from Montpellier, France

i just love how the petals gradually become an abstract blur dulcie...nice way to handle the subject...the color and composition are also just right...

29 May 2011 1:40pm

Barbara Lee from Oakland, United States

Love the mood here! Just sublime, with the careful selected focus on just a few blossoms.

3 Jun 2011 3:30am

Betsy Barron from Philadelphia, PA, United States

very subtle, yet very powerful

9 Jun 2011 4:09pm

next day →

NIKON D90
1/1600 second
F/4.0
ISO 400
157 mm (35mm equiv.)

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