The bright colors and distinctive shape of sunflowers never fail to bring a smile to my face. Here’s a shot of one from my trip last Friday to McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area in Poolesville, Maryland.
Normally a shot like this is easy to get when the towering sunflowers reach tall into the sky. In reality, however, the sunflowers at this site were not that tall and I had to crouch low to the ground to capture this image. In addition, many of the sunflowers were a bit wilted and past their peak. One of my Facebook readers commented that it looked like the flowers had their heads bowed in prayer in the following shot, which gives you and idea of the conditions in one area of the field of sunflowers.
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Beautiful! Well done!
Wonderful photographs!
In the second photograph, the sunflowers appear to be in rows. That’s not something I’d expect in a wildlife management area.
I have been told they plant fields of sunflowers mainly to attract doves and other birds for hunting season, which is also not something I expect to see in a Wildlife Management Area.