Sunflower Potential

This small variety of sunflower sprang up from the seeds I scatter on my back yard deck for the local bird population. Each stalk branches out to present a multitude of blooms. Weeks after this flower debuted, the seeds have matured. Birds are clipping off the flower heads so they will drop to the ground, and then they peck out the seeds.

With digital photography, lighting can be a best friend or a worst enemy. On this morning the light was bursting with unmerited grace, and my ineptness with the new Rebel XTi in my hands was obviously overridden.