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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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Sunflowers

So the highway was closed due to an accident the other morning and my girlfriend and I happened to see each other at the gas station. We decided to take the back roads into work and while driving through the countryside, we saw a field of sunflowers that were beginning to bloom. We came back after work with a camera she had at work and got these shots:




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While we were snapping photos, a worker from the nursery across the street stopped over to tell us we should ride up the road further to see another field that had been planted earlier and was in full bloom. We hopped in the cars and headed up the road. We had not traveled this particular road that morning and had not seen it.










This field was huge and was indeed in full bloom. There were people stopped all along the road admiring it and one guy had his DSLR on a tripod in the bed of his pickup snapping away!

It was beautiful, but we realized that the sun was going down and the light was not right. We went back the next morning to an absolutely spectacular sight:























I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 02:03 PM
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wow- thats crazy, never seen a field that full of sunflowers- cool shots man
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 02:08 PM
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Amazing! i'd love to see these fields in person.

Very cools shots thanks for sharing.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 02:12 PM
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Wow! Thats a lot of sunflowers!
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 02:32 PM
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Clean cars...Great location
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 02:32 PM
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wow....

thats intense!@!@!!

i've seen corn fields... thats about it.........

lol but nothing like this.. its like a windows xp wallpaper or something..
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 02:38 PM
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Cool pictures... Nice cars...

But for some reason... my allergies are killing me right now...
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 02:46 PM
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^^Aw, c'mon Rodney. You haven't done the "US Navy Nuclear Submarine Air Handling" mod to the VIP TL, yet?

Thanks, guys.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 03:02 PM
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reminds me of that prius commercial. that's pretty cool.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 03:05 PM
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Wow, absolutely gorgeous!!
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 03:18 PM
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amazing to see them all pointing towards the sun. some beautiful breathtaking scenery
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 05:16 PM
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wow, almost doesn't look real
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 05:29 PM
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wow!

Where is this at?

This makes living in a city suck!

I wish i lived in a place where I could admire sights like this on a daily basis!
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 06:48 PM
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DAMN thats alot of sunflowers.... i just drove from cleveland ohio back to long island sunday for work .. i spent about 5 hours driving through PA wish i could have seen that in person
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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These pictures make me want to drive up to PA tomorrow to see this in person. Awesome photos, thanks for sharing. What town is this in?
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 06:56 PM
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This is in Northern Maryland near the PA line off of I83.
Thanks for the comments. It was my pleasure to share the pics.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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Holly SHIIT
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by rodneyc77
But for some reason... my allergies are killing me right now...
+1. Good lord.

Great pics though!
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 08:24 PM
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DWB, I live in Kansas-the Sunflower State. I don't think I've ever seen that many in the same place-even in Kansas!

Nice shots!
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 08:31 PM
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That can't be real!! Just amazing!!!
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 08:54 PM
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Cool shot. Looks like a calendar photo.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 09:52 PM
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Holy shit that's nuts

Awesome shots
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 09:57 PM
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almost looks photoshopped! Great pics and do you have them in wallpaper size?
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 10:00 PM
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That's so awesome!
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 10:35 PM
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HAHA wow, this thread is completely on the sunflowers! I've never seen anything like it awesome!
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 10:37 PM
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damn thats crazy
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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This could be Honda's next TV commercial concept.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by dwb993
My favorite. Love the little blue flower tucked in with thousands of sunflowers.
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 12:33 AM
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omfg, thats super cool. reminds me of farmtown HEHEHHEHEHEHEHEEH
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 12:53 AM
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Nice pics and damn that is a big sunflower field.
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 01:02 AM
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awsome pictures
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 05:39 AM
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Amazing!!!!!!!
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by jtsangAZ
almost looks photoshopped! Great pics and do you have them in wallpaper size?
Compressing them for the website killed the resolution. I'm using the closeup shot of the 2 big flower heads for my wallpaper and it is quite stunning---you can even see the dew drops on the petals. I'm impressed that macro mode on my P&S camera did so well. No Photoshop, though!

Originally Posted by Steven Bell
DWB, I live in Kansas-the Sunflower State. I don't think I've ever seen that many in the same place-even in Kansas!

Nice shots!
Now that IS funny!

Originally Posted by Red Voodoo
My favorite. Love the little blue flower tucked in with thousands of sunflowers.
Yeah, that's my girlfriend's favorite, too. She actually framed the shot and told me to get it. That little Morning Glory is dwarfed by the others!

In the past week, I have found about 6 separate fields in my immediate area. Unfortunately, none of them provide the opportunity to get great shots more than this one. I guess I found the best one and shared it with you all! Only the best for AZ!
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 09:03 AM
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Awesome shots!! Great screenery really helps make the cars stand out as well. The sunflowers remind me of Southern Spain. We lived near a small fishing/farming town. You drive the country side of vineyards, sunflowers and strawberries (where they picked them for you).

If you want to keep some pics in high resolution and also share them here. Just copy the pic first and use the copy to resize for here. That way you don't mess with the original pic.

Thanks for sharing......
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 10:22 AM
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beautiful flowers......dam ppl where u guys get these ideas for good shots
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 10:51 AM
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wow those are alot of flowers! great shots by the way!
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 06:11 PM
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Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing. :thumb:
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 06:14 PM
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wow that's amazing! i've never seen so many sunflowers before! haha
oh and clean whip(s)
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 04:12 AM
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i haven't seen that many sunflowers before.. i've seen a field full of roses but dangggg very nice!
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 05:34 AM
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Awesome pictures! Haha I got allergies just from looking at em too lol dammit!
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