Bashful

With apologies to Betty for showing another sunflower image, this is one of the last sunflowers from our early summer garden.
Bokeh texture by Paree Erica.

Bee on Sunflower

There are dozens of these pollen gathering bees on our sunflowers, and they are amazingly tolerant of us while we are poking around the plants.
Texture from Shadowhouse Creations.

Three Sisters

Photo by John Nunley

This photo is from John's most recent progress photos of our backyard sunflowers. These three flowers are from the same plant, hence "sisters."
Textures by Shadowhouse Creations and Paree Erica.

Fading Fast

The heat is having an effect on our sunflowers and they're beginning to wilt.
Gold texture by jodi dog ma

Sundrenched

We have lots of sunflowers blooming in the yard now and I'm fascinated by all the different colors, sizes and clusters of blooms. This started off as a contrasty photo I took a couple of mornings ago, then I decided to add a texture from rubyblossom.

Rusty Flower

This image combines one of my sunflower photos with a rust texture. I liked the colors and the way the rust pattern showed through, resulting in something more abstract than realistic.

Morning Sky

Sunflowers against a bright morning sky. Most of our sunflowers are hanging on, but we've noticed that the birds are picking out the sunflower seeds before they even have a chance to mature.

Demure

This little sunflower was still in the process of opening its petals when I photographed it. I thought it looked especially delicate. I added some adjustment layers and a free texture by les brumes.

Harlequin

Still playing with sunflower photos...

Sunflower Study

I've been taking a lot of sunflower photos lately because our backyard is filled with them. So of course I've been playing around with the photos in Photoshop. This image is one of the results of my endless experimenting. The background is a grunge flower fabric.

Red Sunflower

We planted sunflowers in the back yard and were very surprised when one of them turned out to be a red sunflower, rather than the usual yellow, as we had never seen one before.

I've added a texture by les brumes.