243/365: "Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography." ~ George Eastman

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This morning I stepped out onto our porch to look at the flowers I have growing there. Zinnias, a Dahlia plant which is about to burst into bloom, a Cosmos with pink flowers, and several colors of the strange and wonderful Cockscomb Celosia which I think looks just like Brain Coral! The sun was making the flowers glow, their bright, almost fluorescent colors bursting into neon brilliance, and I knew what my Pick of the Day would be! It was fun trying different angles and playing around with distance vs. dof. I ended up getting several nice pictures, and this picture really surprised me because I didn't realize there was such a strong glow under the main blossom!

George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) was an American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. Roll film was also the basis for the invention of motion picture film in 1888 by the world's first film-makers Eadweard Muybridge and Louis Le Prince, and a few years later by their followers Léon Bouly, Thomas Edison, the Lumière Brothers, and Georges Méliès. Wikipedia: George Eastman

Explored on September 1, 2013. Highest placement, page 3.