Field Of Rape
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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 .
Comments
I herd canola is derived from "Canadian
oil, low acid". :-)
Posted 18 months ago.
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Gorgeous field of yellow! The World Through My Eyes
Posted 18 months ago.
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Thanks!
Posted 18 months ago.
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What a beautiful place!Explore My Photostream
Posted 18 months ago.
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Very nice colour and contrast between flowers
and sky.I like itExplore My Photostream
Posted 18 months ago.
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Beautiful coloursSeen in a discussion of Views: 25. (? )
Posted 18 months ago.
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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.Seen in a discussion of 50-75 Views (Post up
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Posted 17 months ago.
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beautiful shot. Also in italia the name is
colza50 - 75 Views
Posted 17 months ago.
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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.
Posted 17 months ago.
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You should see a canola or mustard field next
to a field of flax (not so common anymore,
but it was a sight!).Seen in Views:75 - Ready to Say GoodBye )
Posted 17 months ago.
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beautiful.
Posted 17 months ago.
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Amazing color - it does remind me of the
mustard mass blooms in So Cal in the spring.
Posted 17 months ago.
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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!Seen in a discussion of Views: 50. (? )
Posted 17 months ago.
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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?www.flickr.com/groups/canola/
Posted 17 months ago.
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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 ;-)Canola In Bloom )
Posted 17 months ago.
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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!
Posted 17 months ago.
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131 views
Posted 17 months ago.
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Must be quite a sight to come upon these
brilliant yellow fields. Nice shot75 - 100 Views
Posted 17 months ago.
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So nice to see this again! :)The World Through My Eyes 24-Hour thread.
Posted 17 months ago.
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.The.Juggler. [deleted] says:
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.Explore My Photostream
Posted 17 months ago.
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gorgeous field and picture! :D
Posted 13 months ago.
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awesome scenery and beautiful colors.The World Through My Eyes
Posted 12 months ago.
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love this one. that's a lot of flowersExplore My Photostream
Posted 10 months ago.
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I was in a field of rape once. But, I was
willing, so I didn't mind so much.
Posted 10 months ago.
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gorgeous and l love the composition of this
too - Explore My Photostream
Posted 2 weeks ago.
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