Golden fields
Backlit sunflowers
Canon EOS 70D, EF 70-300 f/4-5.6L
These sunflowers were 6 ft. plus in height when this photo was taken on a breezy day in South Western, Ontario, Canada. Shot overhead using a tripod and the 70D's articulating live view screen.
One of my favourite 19th century artists, Vincent Van Gogh painted a series of pictures depicting sunflowers, having first been inspired by the yellow flowers in Paris where he saw them growing in the fields of Montmartre. They were a motif that he returned to often and in the summer of 1888 he embarked on a large number of paintings of sunflowers to decorate his studio and house in preparation for Paul Gauguin's arrival.
Sunflowers were symbolic of life and hope to the artist, and could also be associated with his concept of the sun- round, glowing yellow and hopeful.
Golden fields
Backlit sunflowers
Canon EOS 70D, EF 70-300 f/4-5.6L
These sunflowers were 6 ft. plus in height when this photo was taken on a breezy day in South Western, Ontario, Canada. Shot overhead using a tripod and the 70D's articulating live view screen.
One of my favourite 19th century artists, Vincent Van Gogh painted a series of pictures depicting sunflowers, having first been inspired by the yellow flowers in Paris where he saw them growing in the fields of Montmartre. They were a motif that he returned to often and in the summer of 1888 he embarked on a large number of paintings of sunflowers to decorate his studio and house in preparation for Paul Gauguin's arrival.
Sunflowers were symbolic of life and hope to the artist, and could also be associated with his concept of the sun- round, glowing yellow and hopeful.