Black eyed Susans forest

Bright golden black eyed Susans, shot from the side in the morning.

I really like this image, but it feels like something isn’t quite right to me…

I got excited photographing these because of the shapes and the early morning light and the lovely smeary background (thanks to my new 50mm Nikkor lens, which I ADORE). I had something in mind for how I wanted to process them, but it was a rather nebulous idea and I wasn’t able to match what I was feeling during the editing process.

Does that ever happen to you?

I had this image in my head that was bluish and very moody but nothing I did seemed to evoke that feeling so I gave up and just went with what what I felt looked best.

I still really like the image, it just didn’t turn out the way I had expected/hoped/tried.

Maybe I’ll visit it again at a later date with new eyes (or more experience) and match my vision for it.

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