This has been a banner season for Swamp Sunflowers, I see them thriving all around the wildlife areas I frequent. Surprisingly, despite many of the plants being over 5 ft (1.5 Meters) tall they have not been beaten down by our recent rain and wind storms.

Great lighting!
What’s the background? It almost looks like backdrop.
Paz
Thanks, Paz!
The background was vegetation that was down a bank behind this grouping and some dappled light. I played with the highlights and shadows to smooth it out a bit.