Field Of Dreams:

 
I would never have dreampt that someone in my neighborhood would plant a field of sunflowers, but that's the words out of my daughter Heathers mouth one Sunday as she was back home visiting. It has become a very welcoming sight every morning on the way to work- those large yellow faces greeting the sunlight each and every day. So the other evening I took a small ladder (the flowers are over 6' tall) and my camera gear and walked into the field to see if I could capture their beauty. Little did I know what a challenge it would become, as I've never been surrounded by a large field of flowers and wasn't sure where to start. As it turned out I had a lot of fun with them and from the images you'll see here, I've tried several techniques which I found very entertaining. The above was captured using a lens-baby attachment, which blurs all but the spot you select.

 
The above image was processed in Photo Shop using several different filters. I couldn't help but remember a sunflower painting I think Van Gogh made famous. I love the way the sun highlighted the petals of the flowers.

I had a couple more images to share but the internet tonite is really bad so I'm stopping before I loose what I have already. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great week.

 

Comments

[Daniel Ruf]

Love the sunflowers, bud. You did a super job, especially with the bottom blog image. It's wonderful to see this new crop in Iowa, especially for the color value to us artists. I'm sure that the farmer had that in mind while planting :}

[Pam Houge]

Thanks alot Dan, it's a good thing I captured them when I did-Monday nites wind did a lot of damage to them.