Flower of the Sun….
There is so much beauty as you look closely as the flower of the sun begins to unfurl it’s petals.
A Sunflower slowly begins to unfurl it’s petals, eager to face the sun.
Now completely open, the Sunflower embraces the desert sun.
These two beautiful photos were taken by my nephew, Mr. Green Jeans, who is the resident vegetable grower at “The Refuge”.
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Noelle Johnson, aka, 'AZ Plant Lady' is a author, horticulturist, and landscape consultant who helps people learn how to create, grow, and maintain beautiful desert gardens that thrive in a hot, dry climate. She does this through her consulting services, her online class Desert Gardening 101, and her monthly membership club, Through the Garden Gate. As she likes to tell desert-dwellers, "Gardening in the desert isn't hard, but it is different."
Those are lovely photos. Earlier on today today I had someone from Kuwait asking me to get her sunflower seeds so that she could grow them there. Noel a few days ago over on aplantfanatic was also showing how plants look so different when they are in black and white. I've not tried it out myself yet but you really focus in on the detail in the centre of the plant.
Please tell Mr Green Jeans those are some lovely photos!
Great photography job there Mr. Green Jeans! Such beauty in plan ole black and white!
I agree – Mr. Green Jeans has quite the eye!
Beautiful photos Mr. Green Jeans. I'm always amazed at how completely different flowers look in black and white.
Great job Mr. Green Jeans! Lovely photos!
I especially like the second photo
Dang! Mr. Green Jeans did a great job on these..
Love the photos. Nice monotone, nice details.
Very pretty photos! That would make a pretty blog header. 🙂
Nice photos-sunflowers are such happy flowers, they just make you smile.
Great photos with interesting perspective! Don't you think sunflowers are the most photogenic of all flowers?
Wow, your nephew is certainly very talented!
I love sunflowers..
They taste delicious when roasted with butter.
Wow! Taking out the colour really does give the eye a chance to focus on the detail.
I'm kicking myself for not planting any sunflowers this year. Not only do we get beutiful flowers, but they attract Crimson Rosellas too.
Next year!
a nice treatment for the common sunflower, you certainly gave it much elegance. BTW, the bush at the right sidebar with pinkish flower is very beautiful too.
Great shots of the sunflower bud opening. I love seeing a large field of them.
Loved the overall effect of the photographs! Nice shots Mr.Jeans.
What beautiful photos – I really like the sepia tones! 🙂 Way to go Mr. Green Jeans!
Exquisite photos! Sunflowers have such a strong association with the colour yellow, seeing them this way shows so much more of their shape and structure. Fantastic post!
The top photo is especially beautiful. If you hadn't labelled it, I would never have known what it is.
Lucy
Gorgeous photos! My compliments to Mr. Green Jeans–I never would have thought to present sunflowers in black and white, but these images are so dramatic this way.
I am always a fan of that sepia tone or black and white for photos. Well done!
Congrats on your 100th post!
Rosey
What beautiful pictures! Even the buds of Sunflowers are pretty. The black and white really shows off the many layers to open before we see the whole flower.
Thank you so much for your compliments. My nephew has a good eye for photography and I have many more to share with you in the future :^)
I love those photos, Mr. Green Jeans!