Here's another photo of sun-ripened crops - this time a seemingly endless field of sunflowers. Sunflowers are a bit of a paradox in that I don't know if there is a crop in South Dakota that is more beautiful when it is in its prime or more ugly when it is ready to be harvested.
Here's a close-up of one of the flowers. (Click here)
1/320s f/6.3 ISO400 300mm Canon 1DII