You Are My Sunshine - Sunflower
by Nikolyn McDonald
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You Are My Sunshine - Sunflower
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Nikolyn McDonald
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This beautiful sunflower (Helianthus annuus) had just opened the day I photographed it, and so it was perfect. All the yellow petals were intact, neither they nor the leaves had been eaten by bugs. It was the end of the day and the sun was low behind it - plenty of light left for good detail on the front and beautiful back lighting to make the petals stand out against the black background my husband held behind it :) Would you have expected that it would be facing the sun? Sun flowers are heliotropic . . . that means they follow and face the sun . . . but only until the flowers reach maturity. Then the stem stiffens - probably so that it can support the heavy head - and they face east all the time.
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July 10th, 2019
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