Sunflower Explosion
Apr 12, 2021 02:00:00 #
A few summers ago I was meandering around Tuscany and I fell in love with the sunflower fields. This capture is not photoshopped, I was just at the right place at the right time. Yes, I added a little texture and sharpening and perhaps a bit of vibrance but the scene was as is. Sometimes you get lucky. Have a great week 😊 I downloaded this from my phone so the resolution is minimal.
Apr 12, 2021 03:52:13 #
Kalina54 wrote:
A few summers ago I was meandering around Tuscany and I fell in love with the sunflower fields. This capture is not photoshopped, I was just at the right place at the right time. Yes, I added a little texture and sharpening and perhaps a bit of vibrance but the scene was as is. Sometimes you get lucky. Have a great week 😊 I downloaded this from my phone so the resolution is minimal.
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Facing of sunflower towards the sun is known as phototropic movement. This is due to presence of auxin, a growth hormone in the stem. ... The higher concentration of auxin in the shaded side causes that side to grow faster, resulting in a positive phototropic curvature. Note: this effect diminishes in mature plants that are not in a rapid growth phase.
On the day when the sun is absent i.e. cloudy sunflowers follow their in-built biological clock (natural circadian rhythm). Therefore, their direction remains unchanged throughout a cloudy or rainy day, compared to the other usual days.
Even more amazing is their flower's seed growth pastern... This pattern of seeds within a sunflower follows the Fibonacci sequence, or 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144...1 If you remember back to college math each number in the sequence is the sum of the previous two numbers. Sunflowers typically have 55 perfect spirals! How awesome is that!
thank you for sharing Kalina
On the day when the sun is absent i.e. cloudy sunflowers follow their in-built biological clock (natural circadian rhythm). Therefore, their direction remains unchanged throughout a cloudy or rainy day, compared to the other usual days.
Even more amazing is their flower's seed growth pastern... This pattern of seeds within a sunflower follows the Fibonacci sequence, or 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144...1 If you remember back to college math each number in the sequence is the sum of the previous two numbers. Sunflowers typically have 55 perfect spirals! How awesome is that!
thank you for sharing Kalina
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Apr 12, 2021 09:04:14 #
Kalina54 wrote:
A few summers ago I was meandering around Tuscany and I fell in love with the sunflower fields. This capture is not photoshopped, I was just at the right place at the right time. Yes, I added a little texture and sharpening and perhaps a bit of vibrance but the scene was as is. Sometimes you get lucky. Have a great week 😊 I downloaded this from my phone so the resolution is minimal.
Quite the fortunate masterpiece here
It is magnificent Apr 12, 2021 10:52:01 #
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I would hang this print on my wall . . .highest compliment I can give to a photograph.
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Apr 12, 2021 16:21:50 #
Thomas902 wrote:
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Very interesting info - thanks for taking the trouble!
Apr 12, 2021 17:26:15 #
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