Sunflower Beginning

by Sandi OReilly

Title

Sunflower Beginning

Artist

Sandi OReilly

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Photograph - Photography

Description

We plant sunflowers every year and this one caught my eye as it is in a stage of reaching out to begin opening and the tips were catching the light. I chose a b&w tone to accent this contrast and a macro focus.
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Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large inflorescence (flowering head). The sunflower is named after its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image are often used to depict the sun. It has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads of flowers. The heads consist of many individual flowers which mature into seeds, often in the hundreds, on a receptacle base. From the Americas, sunflower seeds were brought to Europe in the 16th century, where, along with sunflower oil, they became a widespread cooking ingredient. Leaves of the sunflower can be used as cattle feed, while the stems contain a fibre which may be used in paper production.
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Original photography by Sandi O'Reilly for purchase through FAA. View purchasing options above. Hope you enjoyed viewing this work and will consider it for your art collection.
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June 26th, 2010

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