Italian Holiday 2007 - Sunflowers

The area around Camerino was a patchwork of small fields. Many of them were full of sunflowers in full bloom.

Those who got out of bed early could photograph sunflowers with the moon still very visible.

The sunflowers en masse were spectacular. So much nicer than the UK equivalent - acres of oil seed rape.

You have heard of the "tall poppy". Well this is the tall sunflower!