http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/ May 20, 2010

Further studies in natural light and selective focus with shallow depth of field.

I was initially attracted by one of the big yellow blooms, and then noticed how appealing the long narrow "pods" also looked.

So there I was in the median of Atlantic Avenue, photographing the flowers in the midst of 5:30pm rush hour traffic, lost in concentration and trying not to jump every time I'd get honked at by one of the passing cars.]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.0.6 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:44:21 -0700 120 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=15309 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/ http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5056-crop-web1000.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5056-crop-web1000.jpg.html ]]> photo Mon, 24 May 2010 13:34:03 -0700 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5130-31-web900.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5130-31-web900.jpg.html
Consecutive frames. In the right side image, a passing car casts a shadow over the scene, leaving the yellow bloom exposed by the sun.]]> photo Fri, 21 May 2010 00:43:59 -0700 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5131-web1000-crop2.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5131-web1000-crop2.jpg.html
As I was framing the shots of this particular flower, I noticed that every time a car would pass, I'd get a momentary shadow that would darken the background of the shot.

So I started timing my shots for the moment when a car was blocking that light, to get this effect.]]> photo Fri, 21 May 2010 00:38:27 -0700 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5130-web1000.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5130-web1000.jpg.html ]]> photo Fri, 21 May 2010 00:31:44 -0700 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5122-neutral-web1000.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5122-neutral-web1000.jpg.html ]]> photo Fri, 21 May 2010 00:28:04 -0700 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5092-web1000.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5092-web1000.jpg.html ]]> photo Mon, 24 May 2010 16:41:59 -0700 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5086-crop-web1000.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5086-crop-web1000.jpg.html ]]> photo Fri, 21 May 2010 00:28:03 -0700 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5083-web1000.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5083-web1000.jpg.html ]]> photo Fri, 21 May 2010 00:28:02 -0700 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5066-web1000.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5066-web1000.jpg.html ]]> photo Wed, 26 May 2010 06:03:39 -0700 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5060-web1000.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/median/IMG_5060-web1000.jpg.html ]]> photo Sun, 23 May 2010 22:32:13 -0700