This Sunflower was the first of a few flowers and trees I photographed yesterday and the only one that I liked. I noticed that a couple of bees were sitting in the centre, so I tried to take a photograph of them but they flew off one by one. I decided to take a photograph anyway as this sunflower looked beautiful in the bright sun.
When I looked at it on the computer last night I was intrigued by the way it looks as if it has had a ‘painted’ effect applied to it caused by the saturated colours. The distinctive dark orange markings look as if they have been drawn in. I’d actually like to be able to paint a sunflower like this if I had the talent!
The Lantern Room 
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Thank you pause! Sunflowers are such beautiful flowers aren’t they?!
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When I opened the link to you, I was wowed and delighted at the swathe of orange and yellow. Beautiful! (What size photo setting do you use for wordpress?)
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Thank you Terry! This sunflower was really soaking up the sun yesterday! With regard to photo size, I usually resize my images to 800 by 600 pixels which keeps the proportions and also suits this theme’s requirements.
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wow! wonderful image…
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Thank you Sheila! It’s nice to have some bright images for September!
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Beautiful!
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Thank you FM! I love these dark orange sunflowers!
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The shades of orange really do look like brush strokes – you should try painting it, see how it goes! I like the detail you captured in the darker part of the sunflower and the bright colours are dazzling.
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Thank you farmhouse stories! I would like to have a go at painting it – could be quite interesting!
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Stunning….
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Thank you Didex. I needed a bit of bright orange and yellow that day!
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Gorgeous and brilliant!
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Thanks very much Lu! These flowers are SO beautiful – the colours are so pretty.
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So beautiful and vibrant. My husband and I went in search of a field of sunflowers last weekend only to find them with their heads hung low and no petals left. They are almost ready for harvest here. Next year we will have to go a bit earlier if I want any shots like yours.
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Thank you Jeanne. I was surprised that some of the sunflowers still looked fresh – most have come to the end of their flowering season now.
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I love sunflowers, my other half thinks I’m mad because I’ve just bought a huge overpriced sunflower umbrella … but imagine how many smiles I’m going to get from it !
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Sunflowers are great! I look forward to seeing some photos of your lovely Sunflower umbrella đŸ™‚
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Excellent picture, powerful. FATman
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Thank you FM! The colour is pretty strong. I might pin it up on the wall when Winter arrives (along with the bright orange Heleniums)!
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so rich! the sunlight does wonders for many images – but for this sunflower it was brilliant!
still looking forward to driftin…. đŸ™‚
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Thank you! I was surprised by how this one came out – not at all what I had expected. Must try that painting …….
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