The warm evening sun shines through tall sunflowers lighting up the bright yellow petals.

Sunflowers are one of the most spectacular of all flowers and grow in warm and sunny climates flowering late in the summer.

I discovered this large field of sunflowers growing not far from my home and visited as the sun was low, one warm summer's evening. As it descended, the sun shone behind the tall plants, highlighting the fine hairs growing from their thick stems. The flowers were in perfect condition and their back-lit petals glowed bright yellow. I was like a child in a sweet shop! I spent the final hour of the day finding and photographing areas where the low sunlight created warm light and cool shade highlighting the sun-kissed flower heads.

I'm passionate about my local landscape - the Yorkshire Wolds in the UK. It's an amazing and beautiful landscape and contains some wonderful subject matter. I also love woodlands and wild flowers and have spent over 20 years photographing the area.