I had no idea that there were Sunflower fields in South Dakota! When Jim and I were discussing which direction to go when we left Illinois a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to go to Colorado to photograph the Sunflower fields, but Jim wanted to go to South Dakota and see The Badlands. So we argued discussed it for a few days and ultimately Jim won. But only because it made more sense to go to Colorado later on when we will be heading toward Arizona anyways for the winter, not because I’m a nice wife.
Anyway, so we’re driving down I-90 toward Rapid City when much to my surprise, we start rolling past the hugest, most beautiful fields of Sunflowers that went on and on forever!! So I says, “Pull over!!!” Which is no easy feat in a 40-foot bus with a car in tow, but my husband (because he knows what’s good), found a place on a side road to park the beast, unhooked the Jeep, and then drove me to one of the Sunflower fields (ain’t he sweet???)
And I died.
And went to heaven.
35 of these images have been submitted to my 4 stock agencies to be sold as stock photos, and 4 of my favorites have been uploaded to Fine Art America, where they are for sale there as prints, greeting cards, throw pillows, phone cases, shower curtains, tote bags or t-shirts. Click HERE to see!!




Love this! They’re gorgeous!
How cool. I just learned this year that real sunflowers follow the sun. They face the West in the morning and East in the evening. how cool is that! Beautiful images as always Carol!!
We are passing them right now and they are absolutely amazing! We are traveling on a 40ft motor home with a jeep also. We’re headed home to Georgia, been out this way for a few weeks and the beauty is absolutely stunning! I googled what do they do with the sunflowers and then your article came up also. I might have to order one of those items with the sunflowers on it from you…just because! 😉
Thanks Stephanie!! I love the sunflower fields – so incredible!! You can see my favorite Sunflower image here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sunflower-crops-on-a-farm-in-south-dakota-carol-mellema.html
There are several others in my collection as well. Thanks so much for your interest!!
Carol