Sunday, September 21, 2008

Today's Flowers # 7

My friend Luiz Santilli Jr. has started a Today's Flowers Meme, check it out. Come and join with your flower photos. You can get in on the start. Sunday at 7GMT is the post time.

Today I would like to share not a wild flower but one that is cultivated. There is a field of Sunflowers right next to the farmers field of wheat. If you click on the photo you can see a scarecrow in the field to the right back.
Going in closer you can see the row upon row of full Sunflower heads.
The Sunflowers were quite beautiful in golden yellow.
This on had a worker on the edge getting some nectar and pollinating the plant.
I went in for a macro and the bee was really busy. This farmer will have a lot of seeds to sell.
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57 comments:

  1. AppleDebbieSeptember 21, 2008 at 3:04 PM

    These are beautiful photos. I love the macro shot of the bee! Just gorgeous.

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  2. Ivar ØsttunSeptember 21, 2008 at 3:06 PM

    Beautiful. Great shot :-)

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2008 at 3:08 PM

    I also posted yellow flowers and bees! nice shots.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2008 at 3:11 PM

    Really quite nice. I have seen whole fields of sunflowers around here instead of corn and soybeans. I have mine posted on Canon Pixels.

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  5. Rune EideSeptember 21, 2008 at 3:12 PM

    The bee really illustrates the size of the flower. I liked the way you zoomed in!

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  6. PappySeptember 21, 2008 at 3:26 PM

    I love sunflower fields. Thanks. Our farmers didn't plant any this year that I've seen. Pappy

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  7. UnknownSeptember 21, 2008 at 3:29 PM

    Nice capture of these sunflowers.

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  8. CathSeptember 21, 2008 at 3:30 PM

    Beautiful, beautiful. Sunflowers are the most gorgeous "feel good" flowers I know. They always make me smile. A field full of them? Wow.

    Mine is up too.

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  9. walk2writeSeptember 21, 2008 at 3:33 PM

    I love that shot of them all, like obedient children, facing the sun. It looks like they are waiting for instruction.

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  10.  gmirageSeptember 21, 2008 at 3:35 PM

    And a macro shot of a bee on the macro flower! Beautiful too see all those yellow!

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  11. MarinaSeptember 21, 2008 at 3:37 PM

    I haven't seen so many sunflowers! It's like a yellow carpet!

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2008 at 4:14 PM

    Beautiful sunflower field.
    Nice yellow flower. It foods and decorates.

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  13. ♥ Denise BC ♥September 21, 2008 at 4:32 PM

    Hi, Fishing
    Nice post, most had already commented on the last Flower's? Returned later to see the news. I thank you for sharing.
    hugs, Denise

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  14. Dar's Foto FazeSeptember 21, 2008 at 4:33 PM

    Beautiful sunflowers. They always make me smile!

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  15. Reader WilSeptember 21, 2008 at 4:46 PM

    This series of sunflowers is fascinating.

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  16. Marcos SantosSeptember 21, 2008 at 5:03 PM

    Sunflower ...

    ...Here consume its oil, despite Brazil being the largest producer of soybeans in the world. But sunflower is one of the best, for cooking.

    But what matters ... The flowers are beautiful

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  17. NormSeptember 21, 2008 at 5:24 PM

    love that sunflower garden, very beautiful...

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  18. dotSeptember 21, 2008 at 5:31 PM

    Wow, these are really beautiful! I've heard that some people grow them to attract doves in dove hunting season.

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  19. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2008 at 5:33 PM

    Oh, how beautifully captured sunflowers, thanks!

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  20. UnknownSeptember 21, 2008 at 6:10 PM

    Great, great photos! Love those sunflowers!

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  21. MariaSeptember 21, 2008 at 6:50 PM

    Beautiful ! Wonderful picture!

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  22. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2008 at 6:54 PM

    Oh these are just beautiful. I love these!

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  23. LouiseSeptember 21, 2008 at 7:12 PM

    I LOVE sunflowers. These are wonderful shots. I truly believe you are so lucky to be close enough to see these things regularly! (OK, I'm lucky in a lot of ways, too, but I LOVE sunflowers.)

    And I'm a volunteer art teacher at my daughter's school. The lower grades drew and painted scarecrows the last two weeks. I had to find scarecrows wherever I could, so I am tuned into them now. Thanks for pointing it out!

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  24. Country GirlSeptember 21, 2008 at 7:32 PM

    Oh, my! Such a feast for the eyes. Have a wonderful Monday!

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  25. RheaSeptember 21, 2008 at 7:44 PM

    I love sunflowers! Beautiful photos. That bee shot is pretty awesome.

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  26. Pat - ArkansasSeptember 21, 2008 at 8:14 PM

    Well done, Fishing Guy! This is a lovely series of sunflower photos.

    All those yummy sunflower seeds I like to crunch on have to come from somewhere! :)

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  27. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2008 at 8:16 PM

    What a fun field of flowers to see. Puts a smile on my face!! have a great week Fishing guy!

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  28. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2008 at 8:34 PM

    I adore sunflowers! As I drove cross-country to move to Washington a few years ago (having since moved back to the East Coast), I saw fields upon fields of sunflowers. I couldn't get enough!!!

    Blessings,
    Lacy

    www.RazorFamilyFarms.com

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  29. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2008 at 8:40 PM

    Wonderful photos! I love sunflowers!

    Paz

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  30. Kerri FarleySeptember 21, 2008 at 8:55 PM

    Oh I LOVE sunflowers!! Beautiful and a great capture of the bee!

    My post is here: http://kreationsbykerri.blogspot.com/

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  31. LeoraSeptember 21, 2008 at 9:51 PM

    Nice how you get closer and closer to the flower. I went apple-picking today and saw some sunflowers. This post reminds me of our fun day.

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  32. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2008 at 10:12 PM

    sunflower field!!! beautiful!

    My flower for today is posted here. Please take a look if you have time. Have a great week ahead!

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  33. CarlettaSeptember 21, 2008 at 10:29 PM

    Great shots!

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  34. NCmountainwomanSeptember 21, 2008 at 10:46 PM

    Wonderful photographs, especially when enlarged. That must be the hardest working scarecrow around. All alone in that sea of sunflowers.

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  35. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2008 at 1:00 AM

    Oh Wow! What a field! Love that scarecrow and all the beautiful sunny sunflower heads. We buy bags and bags of sunflower seeds for the birds in winter. Nice photos!

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  36. Luiz Santilli JrSeptember 22, 2008 at 1:31 AM

    My friend Fishing!

    Marvelous flower!
    Your flowers are always so beautiful!!
    Thanks for visit my blog!

    Have a nice days,
    Santilli

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  37. 2sweetnsaxySeptember 22, 2008 at 1:50 AM

    These are great. That field of sunflowers must have really been something wonderful to see!

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  38. antigoniSeptember 22, 2008 at 2:16 AM

    Sunflowers are great.They remind me of summer.

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  39. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2008 at 2:50 AM

    excellent story. from far away to close up. wonderful work

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  40. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2008 at 7:14 AM

    Such beautiful sunflowers! Love them all;-) My first time to join with this Meme! I hope you can drop by! Mine is here. Happy TF!~

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  41. The BirdladySeptember 22, 2008 at 7:39 AM

    Oh, to be a chickadee in that field! So beautiful!

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  42. nonizamboniSeptember 22, 2008 at 8:27 AM

    Whoa! I'm blinded by the beautiful yellow everywhere. Great post, Guy~
    have a good week.

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  43. EG CameraGirlSeptember 22, 2008 at 8:48 AM

    I love coming upon a field of sunflowers! Thanks for sharing this, FG!

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  44. LeedraSeptember 22, 2008 at 9:15 AM

    Beautiful flowers. Hopefully the birds won't take too many of the seeds.

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  45. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2008 at 11:09 AM

    You gotta love sunflowers!!

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  46. DickSeptember 22, 2008 at 12:15 PM

    Lovely, they are all pointed to the Sun, never noticed that.

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  47. Lizete VicariSeptember 22, 2008 at 2:33 PM

    Lindos os seus Girasois!
    Amo estas flores parabens e muito obrigada por sua visita! abraço. Lizete

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  48. Pietro BrosioSeptember 22, 2008 at 2:36 PM

    Very nice photographic zoom on sunflowers. Great views.

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  49. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2008 at 2:54 PM

    oh, oh and oh, now I am jealous ;-) I've never seen a whole field of sunflowers (and it's on my wishing list). Lucky you !

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  50. Quiet PathsSeptember 22, 2008 at 3:51 PM

    Sunflowers are so amazing. Great photos and I love the bee!

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  51. Craver ViiSeptember 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM

    I haven't seen any sunflower fields 'round here. Just a single plant or two for decoration. That bee has it's work cut out, doesn't it?

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  52. TomSeptember 22, 2008 at 4:22 PM

    You have put together a great post here... and the last shot is a stunner...

    Tom :O)

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  53. MariaSeptember 22, 2008 at 5:17 PM

    These fields of sunflowers are amazing! Beautiful pictures!
    Our farmers in Austria also grow sunflowers.

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  54. raccoonlover1963/Lisa MyersSeptember 22, 2008 at 6:15 PM

    Beautiful sunflowers. It seems like almost every flower shot has some kind of insect on it, whether it's a bee, an ant or fly.
    Lisa

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  55. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2008 at 9:26 PM

    I love your shots!

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  56. A Colorful WorldSeptember 23, 2008 at 10:26 AM

    Wonderful photos, fishing guy! Wow, that field of sunflowers is solace for the eyes!

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  57. lucySeptember 23, 2008 at 6:56 PM

    A whole fleid of sunflowers how wonderful!

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