San Luis Sunflowers

[MonikaC]

Shortly after sunrise, I decided to head north instead of going back into the dunes at Great Sand Dunes NM and stopped at this sunflower field.
Vertical pano of 3 frames.

 

[AlanLichty]

Very nice Monika - not something I expected to see for that area in mid August.

 

[MonikaC]

Very nice Monika - not something I expected to see for that area in mid August.

Ah, but it's sunflower season in mid-August.

 

[Alisa]

Shortly after sunrise, I decided to head north instead of going back into the dunes at Great Sand Dunes NM and stopped at this sunflower field.
Vertical pano of 3 frames.
View attachment 11213

This is beautiful I love the mountains in the background are more of a Silhouette.

 

[JimFox]

Nice work here Monika! Good job on stopping.

I do like the blue/gold color contrast, they play well off each other.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Shortly after sunrise, I decided to head north instead of going back into the dunes at Great Sand Dunes NM and stopped at this sunflower field.
Vertical pano of 3 frames.
View attachment 11213

That is really interesting light, Monika. I love the beautiful lines of the mountains. You are lucky to have the sunflowers. Sunset Crater doesn't have much at all this year and it is usually loaded.

 

[Bob Denton]

This is beautiful.

 

[lightsgood]

Love the feel of this image Monika.

 

[MonikaC]

This is beautiful I love the mountains in the background are more of a Silhouette.

Nice work here Monika! Good job on stopping.

I do like the blue/gold color contrast, they play well off each other.

That is really interesting light, Monika. I love the beautiful lines of the mountains. You are lucky to have the sunflowers. Sunset Crater doesn't have much at all this year and it is usually loaded.

This is beautiful.

Love the feel of this image Monika.

Thanks, everybody. I was pretty much shooting into the sun, though it was fairly high to come over the mountains. I tried from the north & east sides, but there were power lines & irrigation equipment in the way of those angles, so I settled for standing on my rack top of the FJ so I could both angle a little down & use a long lens hood.

 

[MonikaC]

That is really interesting light, Monika. I love the beautiful lines of the mountains. You are lucky to have the sunflowers. Sunset Crater doesn't have much at all this year and it is usually loaded.

I've been surprised at the quantity & quality of the wildflowers in CO this year as it was such a dry winter, but I guess we've been getting enough showers starting late Spring (though it didn't seem like we had all that much) to make the flowers happy.