My search for sunflowers.
Before I came to Canada, I visited my sister in Tuscany, Italy. It was late July and there were so many sunflower fields around the village of Rapolano Terme where my sister lives. During my four-month stay, I painted several paintings of sunflower fields. Sometimes I feel paintings of sunflower fields can be so cheesy, however, when I actually stood in front of them, I couldn't resist it. They were simply beautiful. It has been almost a decade since then, but I wanted to look for a sunflower field near Toronto.
I searched "Ontario sunflower growers", but the results lead me nowhere. I did find several images of sunflower fields in Ontario on Flickr, and some kind photographers even linked a map of the location. The photos were shot by several people in 2006 and 2007 and the location was Innisfil, Ontario and Mississauga, Ontario. So I drove there the next morning. The weather forecast was expecting rain in the afternoon so I wanted to get there as early as I could. When I entered Innisfil, it started raining. I hurried to the exact location, and there it was... a corn field, probably due to crop rotation every few years. I drove around the area without any success and moved to Mississauga only to find... another corn field.
That was last week. I didn't give up and went back to Flickr. This time I found some images from this year. So out again I went.
Wow. I found it. The only thing is that all of the sunflowers were facing the sun, away from me and there was no access to the other side so I couldn't go around.
I got several decent photographs from which to paint but standing on the road I was thinking "Oh please turn around and just look at me!"
7 comments:
SO shinya, where did you ultimately find this one? I am from toronto and want to photograph some. Let me know thanks
Sunflowers follow the sun - you need the sun to be behind you to have them facing you.
Hi, just like you, I love sunflowers, today I search "Sunflower field in Ontario" and it lead me to your blog. Would you mind letting me know where is that place? My email is phuonglnh@yahoo.com
hi, i've been searching the sunflower feild for a long time but still didn't get any. and finally i get to ur blog !! would u mind telling me where the location is?? thanksssss so much !!
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hello..yes me too...so funny very hard to find!!! please mail me as well...
natalie@m5m.com
Shinyaさん、私もトロント周辺でひまわり畑の写真を撮りたくて、ここまでやってきました。よろしかったら場所を教えていただけませんか？ありがとうございます。yikebe17@hotmail.com
Thank you for all who posted comments. I was not good at checking back comments and I missed to write back to some comments. Well, the location of the sunflower field I found is the north of Hamilton. Hwy 6 and Safari Rd. I missed it this year so if someone can update it, that will be great. I am always looking for sunflower fields. Thanks.
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