Sussex County Sunflower Maze by olivetreeann

Sussex County Sunflower Maze

I had an unexpected invitation today. One of my friends called from the camera club and said she and her husband were driving into NJ to photograph a field of sunflowers and would I like to come along? After taking almost 200 photos (and certainly not keeping even half of that!) I got out of the sun and went to the visitor's tent. I got to talking with the owner of the maze about photography and how fun it is. He told me about a picture of the sunflowers that had published in the newspaper which really surprised him. Knowing that his farm is quite flat he was surprised to see that this picture showed his field with a hill and he knew that didn't exist. Turns out the photographer had used a fish-eye lens. Well, what do you know?! My new camera has that feature built in and I just used it. He requested that I post the shot on their facebook page, so since I was putting it together for fb, I thought I might as well as post here too!

Cool shot
August 26th, 2014  
Ann, this is fantastic!! I love the setting and the way it exaggerates the flowers.
August 26th, 2014  
love this.
August 26th, 2014  
Thank you for making me smile this morning! What a superb image. Big fav!
August 26th, 2014  
Love what you've done here.
August 26th, 2014  
Fav... Simply fabulous!
August 26th, 2014  
That fish eye effect is so cool and gives such a fun feel to an already feel good image, love it..... fav.
August 26th, 2014  
Surreal and sunny
August 26th, 2014  
FAV. Too awesome!!
August 26th, 2014  
This is so cool Ann, nicely done
August 26th, 2014  
Cool fish eye effect Ann. The Canon P&S cameras seem to implement this as nice as any I have seen.
August 26th, 2014  
fantastic shot... gorgeous sunflowers
August 26th, 2014  
Lovely shot
August 26th, 2014  
Bev
Great shot, Ann. Very cool feature, isn't it? It looks cool.
August 26th, 2014  
Ahhhh love this!
August 26th, 2014  
Simply stunning! Instant fav! What a treat to be able to see such a field of sunflowers.
August 26th, 2014  
Gorgeous photo. The fish eye lens gave this a cool effect. A fav
August 26th, 2014  
Fantastic!
August 26th, 2014  
Fav for me, perfect lens to use
August 27th, 2014  
Oh Fav! Fields of sunshine!
August 27th, 2014  
Nice!!
August 27th, 2014  
Love it - fav
August 27th, 2014  
It's lovely. sunflowers are so cheery.
August 27th, 2014  
This is fantastic! Love it!
August 27th, 2014  
Just beautiful, Ann! :) Fav. :)
August 27th, 2014  
I love the flowers!
August 27th, 2014  
awesome! i've not seen any sunflower field this summer except for small patches. this is splendid, rows upon rows of sunshine! i love it!
August 27th, 2014  
great shot!!! i keep seeing sunflowers everywhere in large groups...but they're always in a place where it is impossible to get to safely while driving! haha.
fav.
August 27th, 2014  
Fantastic capture. Love it.
August 27th, 2014  
Magic and it works so well here. FAV from me.
August 27th, 2014  
The fisheye lens is such a creative, effective way to showcase these sunny beauties... Your backstory is a bonus. :)
August 28th, 2014  
Very cool
August 28th, 2014  
Awesome! We photographed a sunflower maze here in CT a few weeks back, I did not think of using the fisheye setting on my camera!
August 28th, 2014  
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I can't tell you all how much coming on to 365 and finding all your favs and kind words means today! It's been a low point on the personal level but finding this on the Popular page has just lifted my spirits and it's all thanks to you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! from the bottom of my heart!
August 28th, 2014  
@kerristephens @libertylady @lleo @neatz @frankhymus @lynnz @dougapic @prttblues @lindagene @vesna0210 @moviegal1 @skstein @alia_801 @anazad511 @rosiekerr @bkbinthecity

Thank you one and all for your view and such exciting comments! It was a great feeling to see this made both the TP and PP and it is all thanks to you!! It sure helped to lift my spirits today and I needed it!
August 28th, 2014  
@khawbecker Thank you so much for the fav!!
August 28th, 2014  
@olivetreeann Its a pleasure Ann, this was a fabulous shot and made my day too - so there's a real symbiotic relationship! Hope you feel in a better place.
August 28th, 2014  
Very pretty and interesting! fav
August 28th, 2014  
Awesome! Fav!
August 28th, 2014  
@birdy Thank you so much Lois! And thank you for the fav!!
@soozieqt Thank you Susan! And thank you also for the fav!!
August 29th, 2014  
@dibzgreasley Thanks Debs! Better today-yes. It's just another one of those ups and downs in life that I wish had gone differently but I wasn't surprised that it happened.
August 29th, 2014  
This is wonderful Ann! fav
August 29th, 2014  
Fav!
August 30th, 2014  
FAV for sure!
September 1st, 2014  
@edie @vesna0210 @vickisfotos

Thank you Edie, Vesna and Vicki for taking a look and for the favs! They are truly appreciated!
September 1st, 2014  
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