I snapped these glorious ladies on Christ’s Piece in Cambridge in July 2010. A large field of sunflowers planted in the centre of the park. I remember it took quite a while to get a good shot because there were so many other people walking around taking photos. I haven’t seen any this year though, shame because they’re so vibrant and happy! I just wanted to add a pair of sunglasses and a smiley face to this one!
The brilliance of these sunflowers make me wish that summer was already here.
Sadly our summer this year never really bloomed and is now failing into autumn. Ah well, always next year!
Dave you beat me to it! I took some amazing pics of sunflowers in France. They had fields upon fields of these amazing flowers.
Sorry! But do show them off. I’m not really that into flowers but sunflowers are cool, especially in abundance.
Lovely! There is a farmer a west of where I live that plants acres upon acres of sunflowers. I suspect he is mainly interested in harvesting and producing oil, but his fields are gorgeous!
That’s cool! Some farmers near where I live plant rapeseed for the same reason and for a few weeks early summer the fields are alive with endless seas of yellow.
beauties. You know, so many of us are choosing sunflowers for this challenge. Seeing that, I’m making a commitment to plant some every year forever. As a reminder of how connected we are across this planet.
walk in beauty.
So what is it about sunflowers that people like? For me it’s the size of them, not really flowers and yet not big enough to be trees, I like to think sunflowers desire to be big like trees, each one looking around and pushing with all their might to grow big and strong.
For me, it’s their strength and colour and I love how the bees get so drunk feasting on them that they can’t fly! but that’s just my warped sense of humour.
Beautiful!!!
😀
Lovely!!!
Thanks Princess!
Oh! I wonder why pictures of sunflowers seems to speak! It is as if they say, “look at me, I’m so cute and I look like the Sun, but I’m a flower!” 🙂
Exactly! It does feel as if they want to shout out how big and yellow they are!
Absolutely breathtaking! I love sunflowers and you captured their simple beauty perfectly.
Cheers April! Sunflowers certainly seem to make people smile!
Sunflowers are the most cheery plant – thank you for sharing them.
Thanks Ronnie, it was my pleasure – nice name btw!
It’s great how you chose wide field of view shots to bring out the expanse of the field. Great shots!
Thanks HoaiPhai! They’re super awesome indeedy!
Wow! What a pleasant view. thanks for sharing. Never seen so many sunflowers in one place!
Sharing my simple national flower:
http://grightnow.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/weekly-photo-challenge-hibiscus/
Cheers
Thanks! Just checked out your photo, excellent shot, kinda cheeky with its tongue rasping!
beautiful yellow sunflower…love them…hope you can check mine here:
http://lourdruzz143.com/2011/08/19/weekly-photo-challenge-flowers/
Thanks Enzo, lovely rose photo!
Beautiful flowers and great shots! : )
Thanks! Nice furry Gravatar btw!
nice…I wish I could see fields of sunflowers like these but the present climate in the Philippines is wet…Still. thanks for posting this.
Thanks Kyuni, but surely the Philippines have their own special blend of happy flowers?
gorgeous flowers, great shots!
Thanks! Loved your subtle photo, nice pic indeed!
I love sunflowers.
They’re happy jolly flowers!
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Those sunflower of yours are smiling with vibrance..I love its sharp yellow color..very noticeable..=)
Thanks John! Some flowers do indeed smile!
lindo girassol, eu amo suas fotos, muito obrigado por isso!
Thanks Helio! Your welcome, glad you liked them!
Yes, great macro.
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I love the way sunflowers keep thier faces turned toward the sun. Beautifully captured.
Love Sunflowers 🙂 Nice shots
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Sunflowers — some of my FAV’rites!!! I have several on my blog. They just make me want to smile; I call them ‘happy flowers.’ 🙂
I like the idea of adding the sunglasses and smiley-face!
I like to think when they’re not being looked at they flowers slip on a pair of shades and lean back to enjoy the sun!
Just gorgeous! I love the first pic 🙂
Thanks 😀
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