Clytie by thedarkroom

Clytie

Clytie was a water-nymph in love with Apollo who didn't notice her. She pined, sitting all day long upon the ground, with her unbound golden hair streaming over her shoulders. She sat for nine days neither eating nor drinking, her tears and the chilly dew her only food. She gazed on the sun when he rose, as he passed through his daily course to his setting; she saw no other object, her face turned constantly on him. Finally her limbs rooted in the ground, her face becaming a sunflower, which still today turns on its stem so as always to face the sun.

A mischievous sunflower growing amongst the cosmos and wildflowers, could be Clytie??

Floral photographer - jackie
Theme - fairy story

Mythology abridged from http://www.online-mythology.com/clytie/
Love the clarity of the front flowers standing out against the soft blurry background.
August 13th, 2024  
I feel certain it must be Clytie! Beautifully captured in this photo
August 13th, 2024  
oh nice interpretation!
August 13th, 2024  
@koalagardens Katrina, truth be told I forgot we had a theme this week! I DuckDuckGoed Sunflower + Fairytale after I'd uploaded the photo et voila!!!

@grammyn Katy, it looked sad all alone in a field of pink. He, and toddler, had a fab time home alone ( but Mama was upstairs working!)

@gardencat fluke luck and auto on point and shoot camera Joanne!!
August 13th, 2024  
Amazing
August 13th, 2024  
Fun story to accompany this beautiful image. You are so creative.
August 13th, 2024  
Beautiful flower, great narrative
August 14th, 2024  
The pastel ("sunbleached) sunflower looks right at home in that field of flowers. Nice photo for your story.
August 14th, 2024  
Lovely story telling image and narrative. Nice on black
August 14th, 2024  
August 14th, 2024  
The tag on our list is darkroom-fairytale.
August 14th, 2024  
@thedarkroom when you're logged in as darkroom it's easy to correct it if you spot it
August 16th, 2024  
Good one!
August 18th, 2024  
perfect image for the story...so well done!
August 18th, 2024  
I love that you did so much research for this Jackie, I panicked and fudged it!!
August 19th, 2024  
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