Paint Me a Sunflower
by Darren Fisher
Title
Paint Me a Sunflower
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A wonderful capture of a Sunflower close up. I photographed it with all natural lighting. I then used effects and textures to give the image the look of a painting.
Helianthus annuus, the common sunflower, is an annual species of sunflower grown as a crop for its edible oil and edible fruits (sunflower seeds). This species of sunflower is also used as bird food, as livestock forage (as a meal or a silage plant), and in some industrial applications. The plant was first domesticated in the Americas. Wild Helianthus annuus is a widely branched annual plant with many flower heads. The domestic sunflower, however, possesses a single large inflorescence (flower head) atop an unbranched stem. The name sunflower may derive from the flower's head's shape, which resembles the sun, or from the false impression that the blooming plant appears to slowly turn its flower towards the sun as the latter moves across the sky on a daily basis.
Sunflower seeds were brought to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century, where, along with sunflower oil, they became a widespread cooking ingredient.
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October 14th, 2014
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