Summer Reverie

Yamanashi, Hokuto — backlit sunflowers before the Southern Alps

A sea of sunflowers stretching to the horizon in the late afternoon backlight, with the cloud-wrapped Southern Alps lying beyond. Ribbons of light drift slowly across the field. Every flower seemed lit from within — the whole air of that summer evening, held in one frame.

Photographed with a HELIOS-44-2 58mm F2, a Soviet-era lens whose swirling bokeh keeps the centre crisp while the edges melt away — turning a field of sunflowers into something closer to a painting.

• Location: Yamanashi, Hokuto — backlit sunflowers before the Southern Alps
• Subject: Flowers / Season: Summer
• Print sizes (6): 6-Cut — 8 × 10 in (20.3 × 25.4 cm) / 6-Cut Wide — 8 × 12 in (20.3 × 30.5 cm) / A4 — 8.3 × 11.7 in (21.0 × 29.7 cm) / 4-Cut — 10 × 12 in (25.4 × 30.5 cm) / 4-Cut Wide — 10 × 14.4 in (25.4 × 36.5 cm) / A3 equivalent — 12 × 16.5 in (30.5 × 42.0 cm)
• Price: $15–$40 depending on size
• Digital download edition available

Guide to this location: Akeno Sunflowers — A Summer Below Yatsugatake and the Southern Alps

More from this location

• Dissolving into Light
• The Sunflower Path
• Akeno Sunflowers

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