Every year there are several sunflower fields planted at McKee-Besher Wildlife Management Area , in Poolesville, MD. The reached peak bloom on July 13 and should be at peak for the next two weeks. So every year photographers and everyone else travels to the area to see around 48 acres of sunflowers. Since I have been hearing about these field for the past couple years, I decided it was time to go and see them for myself. So I got up around 6:30 AM to make the hour drive over to Maryland to see the sunflowers. It was pretty easy to find the first set of fields because the parking lot was full, and there were lots of people loading and unloading camera, tri-pods and ladders. They use the ladders to be able to shoot down onto the fields, though the sunflowers are only about 3 – 5 feet tall depending on the field. I passed up this first area and headed further down River Road to Sycamore Landing Road where the other field was located. I parked at the pa...
Photography and Travel