There must have been hundreds upon hundreds of acres of these beautiful flowering fields between Paris and the Loire. We learned that the plants are called "colza" in French. Or, according to our dictionary, "rape" in English. Of course, "rape" is such an unfortunate name; these days we call it "canola". I had no idea canola was so pretty in the spring! (Actually, before this I had no idea what canola looked like, period.)
Our timing was lucky; a couple of days later, the flowers had definitely faded.
Also, I did not know the etymology - thanks
for that. And I further learned that
"Canola" is technically a
trademarked variety of rape, although it's
commonly used as a generic term. (The things
you learn from being on vacation! I should be
on vacation more often!)
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Very nice colour and contrast between flowers
and sky.I like it
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Composition and colors excellent! I'm very
familiar with the colza fields between Paris
and the Loire Valley, having taken the TGV on
that route many times.
I grew up calling this rape then all of a
sudden people started talking about canola
and it took me a couple of years before I
realized they were the same thing.
Great shot.
50-75 views
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Hi Joe, this is an absolutely gorgeous photo!
No wonder its flying up the views so fast
(saw it in grad pages of 75 as well)! I
agree, what a terrible name for such a pretty
crop. I prefer Canola, myself!
Thanks! I was pretty pleased with the photo
myself, but then I did a search on Flickr and
found tons of similar photos that kick my
photo's butt. Isn't that always the way on
Flickr?
Incidentally, I do believe canola is
related to mustard. So where are the closest
canola/mustard fields to New York City? I
need to seek this stuff out every spring...
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Wouaou ! Even more fantastic against this
dark sky ! :-) I'm from Montreal and before
moving to Switzerland, I didn't know these
fabulous fields were existing ... though I'm
pretty sure there are rapeseed fields in
Quebec ;-)
(seen in Canola In Bloom)
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My coworker (from Saskatoon) tells me that
the world's largest supplier of canola is
Saskatchewan. (Which I know isn't near Quebec
:-) So maybe they can have these fields in
Quebec, too? I know they certainly don't have
them on Long Island!
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I wish the figure was loofing towards the
camera as my eye wants to lead out of the
photograph. It's well composed though with
just the right amount of sky compared to
field.
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gorgeous and l love the composition of this
too -
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Véro722 says:
I herd canola is derived from "Canadian oil, low acid". :-)
C'est vraiment une belle photo. You really had a good timing :-)
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