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Title
Jaune Petals
Artist
Sonali Gangane
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large inflorescence (flowering head). The sunflower is named after its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image are often used to depict the sun. It has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads of flowers. The heads consist of many individual flowers which mature into seeds, often in the hundreds, on a receptacle base. From the Americas, sunflower seeds were brought to Europe in the 16th century, where, along with sunflower oil, they became a widespread cooking ingredient. Leaves of the sunflower can be used as cattle feed, while the stems contain a fibre which may be used in paper production.What is usually called the "flower" on a mature sunflower is actually a "flower head" (also known as a "composite flower") of numerous florets (small flowers) crowded together. The outer petal-bearing florets are the sterile florets and can be yellow, red, orange, or other colors. The florets inside the circular head are called disc florets, which mature into seeds.The flower petals within the sunflower's cluster are always in a spiral pattern. Generally, each floret is oriented toward the next by approximately the golden angle, 137.5°, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals, where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers. Typically, there are 34 spirals in one direction and 55 in the other; on a very large sunflower there could be 89 in one direction and 144 in the other.This pattern produces the most efficient packing of seeds within the flower head.
Thanks for viewing art.�Sonali T. Gangane
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October 15th, 2012
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Sun Lakes, AZ - United States
Sonali, Congratulations on your third place contest win. Beautiful macro and well deserving of the win. v/f
Dent, MN - United States
Sonali, this is a truly beautiful photograph... from the composition to the gorgeous bright color of the petals and the water drops. Congratulations on being one of this week's artists of the week in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group! f/v
Iola, WI - United States
Sonali, this is one of the most gorgeous macro shots of a floral I have ever had the pleasure to view! It is just awesome in its color, and your off set of the floral is magnificent! Now, add the "diamond" droplets and you have a true masterpiece! fave and vote
North Brunswick, NJ - United States
Bob and Nadine,Thankyou so much for the feature in USA Artist News.
Simpsonville, SC - United States
I love the water droplets in this image! Congratulations on the feature in lap!
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