Sunflowers Beauty Black and White
by Sandi OReilly
Title
Sunflowers Beauty Black and White
Artist
Sandi OReilly
Medium
Photograph - Photogaphy, Digital Art
Description
FEATURED:
The Artistic Aperture 11/22/2017
ALL STARS ARTISTS, Special Featured Art Video Feature for 11/15-16, 2016
The Artist News, 7/22/2013
Nature and Landscapes, 7/20/2013
Comfortable Art - Limit 2 Per Day 7/19/2013
This is a macro taken with a Nikon 105mm macro lens that is presented in black and white. It was painted and a texture added. This is one of my favorite flowers because of the beautiful detail and color of the flower heads. Our sunflowers are coming up and we will be using the seeds for our birds eventually after enjoying their beauty.
What is usually called the "flower" on a mature sunflower is actually a "flower head" (also known as a "composite flower") of numerous florets (small flowers) crowded together. The outer petal-bearing florets (ray florets) are sterile and can be yellow, red, orange, or other colors. The florets inside the circular head are called disc florets, which mature into seeds
The flower petals within the sunflower's cluster are always in a spiral pattern. Generally, each floret is oriented toward the next by approximately the golden angle, 137.5�, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals, where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers. Typically, there are 34 spirals in one direction and 55 in the other; on a very large sunflower there could be 89 in one direction and 144 in the other. This pattern produces the most efficient packing of seeds within the flower head.
Black and White Photography by Sandi O'Reilly, All Rights Reserved and Copyrighted. If you wish to contact me, please do so through FAA's email service.
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July 17th, 2013
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Comments (135)
Laurie Search
This is so gorgeous, dear Sandi!!! So very elegant, and the light is fabulous!!! :)))vft fb
Sandi OReilly
Thank you very much, Bob, for featuring this image in "The Artistic Aperture" most appreciated!!!
Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on this unique image’s being Featured in “The Artistic Aperture” group, and also Liked, Favorited, and Facebooked.
Linda Lees
Gorgeous macro Sandi! And your use of b&w shows off the details of the sunflower beautifully. L/F
Sandi OReilly
Thank you, Pam Bond-Williams, for choosing this as the Black and White Theme image in the All Stars Group, very honored!
Kay Brewer
So graceful! Congratulations on winning the Black and White theme special home page feature! l/f
Maria Hunt
So rich an intense in black and white, Sandy. Congratulations on having this work singled out as the Weekly Themed Feature. f/l