Colza Fields Photo Gallery by Marisa D.L. at pbase.com

Colza Fields

Brassica campestris, or field cabbage,is a cruciferous plant which grows wild throughout the greater part of Europe, and is largely cultivated in France, Switzerland and Germany for the sake of colza, as the oil from its seeds is called.

This gallery, which very probably will not raise any particular interest in casual visitors, is supposed to be a wink of visual complicity and a humorously educational series for my friend Denis Vincelette.
Denis has already helped me in many ways and in many fields; I have improved my relatively reduced photography skills following his patient and wise suggestions and I have also learnt to be broader minded in my approach to clichés, related with nationalities.
In French Switzerland and in Quebec we speak the same language, but often we discover that we have not all the elements and references for fully understand each other’s daily life.

I thought, naively and superficially, that colza field were just spread everywhere, since I’m so familiar with their presence in my environment.
Denis made me realize that it’s not like that and what looked so banal and common for me, looked on the opposite a little unusual and unknown to him.
I have realized that in Quebec they don’t grow colza, so they are deprived of this yellow spring beauty, very ephemeral, by the way, since colza field are in flower for only a few days and then they become quite banal greenish field of ...average high grass.

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Tom	PM reply	18-Apr-2011 14:38
Very, very beautiful gallery! Colza paints Spring all over the landscape!V!

William Barletta	PM reply	12-Apr-2011 10:59
This is a delightful gallery of golden color.

Rene Hales	PM reply	26-Jul-2010 12:06
Enchanting gallery.--Rene

joseantonio	PM reply	27-Apr-2010 17:57
What a gorgeous gallery. Very well done

Guest		04-Jan-2010 02:49
Dear Marissa ~ Your photographs are beautiful and I too enjoy photography. We visited Quebec, Canada, last summer (2009) and Colza Fields were in full bloom. I have a few good photos of the fields on the island of Ille d'Orleans which is across the Saint Lawrence River. It is a most beautiful island. Hopefully, you will visit it sometime. Thank you for sharing. Sincerely, Sandra L. Handel Portland, CT ~ USA

Flo Hendry	PM reply	10-Jun-2009 18:50
Stunning gallery, the fields are gorgeous and you have a great eye for composition. Excellent images. Nice commentary and the style sheet is great. Very professional looking! V

F.A. Kelling		19-May-2009 18:50
Kelling in Colorado, this was very enlighting to me,as we don't have Colza to the best of my knowledge

Barri Olson	PM reply	08-May-2009 05:04
Wonderful gallery...some of these pictures seem almost 3 dimensional, but all beautiful. Very well done.

Marina Arimany	PM reply	07-May-2009 16:13
Simply beautiful. Love it.

Trevor Benedict	PM reply	07-May-2009 05:18
Nice Gallery. As you said, this is not something that we get to see often. The page's background makes the photo blend and difficult to differentiate (at least for me). Nice work.

John Lamb	PM reply	06-May-2009 23:40
Excellent gallery Marisa. Rape is a popular seed crop here in New Zealand. http://www.pbase.com/john_lamb/image/77126201

southernshots99	PM reply	06-May-2009 02:37
Beautiful gallery! V Niecy

John Paskey	PM reply	06-May-2009 00:13
Holy Yellow. Great gallery. Although that comment by Hans-Peter Henriksen is pretty amazing too. Well. gallery still beats it. Great work John ...gotta go get my sunglasses :o)

Gerda Kettner	PM reply	06-May-2009 00:09
what a gorgeous bright fun gallery it is love the yellow, great photos, great work V

Michael Blount	PM reply	05-May-2009 19:20
You have some nice stuff here i really like this gallery. V!

Silvano	PM reply	05-May-2009 13:06
sei fortunata ... e brava come sempre ! dalle mie parti di recente ho visto solo un "colza field", uno solo ... oramai, per noi,"poveri" fotografi ci manca anche il verde ... si cementifica e basta :-( Thanks for sharing Silvano

Ali Majdfar	PM reply	05-May-2009 11:19
Fabulous collection, lovely shots. ~V

Ali Majdfar	PM reply	05-May-2009 11:18
Fabulous collection, lovely shots. ~V

Claude Martin	PM reply	04-May-2009 21:14
Une collection pleine de la fraicheur et de l'exubérance floral printaničre. L'utilisation du bleu complémentaire est trčs artistique et de toute beauté, et l'on retrouve lŕ les couleurs qui s'harmonisent avec le jaune du colza. V

Ulla Kruys	PM reply	04-May-2009 19:39
Beautiful gallery! V

endre novak	PM reply	04-May-2009 17:18
nice yello collection.

j.Vigliotta	PM reply	04-May-2009 16:12
"not popular!" I love it. Quite Inspirational. Regards

Zoltán Balogh	PM reply	04-May-2009 13:19
Stunning gallery , full of beautiful landscape images! Congratulations, thanks for sharing! V

G.Pietro Munaretto	PM reply	04-May-2009 08:34
Beautiful gallery, wonderful images~V

G.Pietro Munaretto	PM reply	04-May-2009 08:34
Beautiful gallery, wonderful images~V

G.Pietro Munaretto	PM reply	04-May-2009 08:34
Beautiful gallery, wonderful images~V

G.Pietro Munaretto	PM reply	04-May-2009 08:34
Beautiful gallery, wonderful images~V

G.Pietro Munaretto	PM reply	04-May-2009 08:33
Beautiful gallery, wonderful images~V

Guest		04-May-2009 07:09
Ce sont de trčs belle photos!

Dale Garman	PM reply	03-May-2009 17:21
Wonderful gallery. It's interesting what seems commonplace may be exotic to someone else. Beautiful contrasts with the yellow flowers and the green fields. Great eye for the commonplace, that really isn't.

Pierre Schneider	PM reply	03-May-2009 15:31
Ces fenętres sur le jaune sont magnifiques. Un gros travail de réalisé dans cette galerie, photos, mise en page, et compositions. c'est bien fait. V

Larry Grenkow	PM reply	28-Apr-2009 23:11
Well done. Very alluring images. Got my attention.

Larry Grenkow	PM reply	28-Apr-2009 23:11
Well done. Very alluring images. Got my attention.

Stefan Schmitz	PM reply	24-Apr-2009 19:57
I love colza fields! This is an excellent gallery. V+

Steve Sharp	PM reply	23-Apr-2009 20:29
This stuff is everywhere around where I live (I believe farmers get big subsidies to grow it), but I have always found it strangely difficult to get a good photograph of it! Perhaps this year.... (great gallery dedicated to the scourge of hayfever sufferers!)

Magic	PM reply	10-Jul-2008 15:48
nice gallery! my vote.

Wong Jia Wang	PM reply	13-May-2008 06:01
This is an amazing gallery. So strong in its theme... Impactful indeed. Big V : )

Peter De Rycke	PM reply	11-May-2008 21:25
Beautiful gallery, i enjoyed it a lot .. once i hope to make an album of colza-fields too, during our last stay in France i've seen a lot of them, but time and opportunity was not there .. voted !

Marco Valk	PM reply	11-May-2008 17:31
very beautiful gallery. gmv

Tomas Johansson	PM reply	09-May-2008 07:25
Lovely gallery! took some pictures of this myself yesterday.

veraferia	PM reply	09-May-2008 01:00
Stunning gallery! I love all your photos!VVV

emmanuel_fr	PM reply	07-May-2008 10:55
Quel bon bol d'air! Vote.

Yen Lavina	PM reply	07-May-2008 00:51
Dazzlingly beautiful! V

Richard Calmes	PM reply	06-May-2008 20:33
These are beautiful, colorful images and you did a great job with the theme! I love this gallery! V

urs	PM reply	06-May-2008 19:57
Wow, Marisa, this is such a professional styled webpage with usefull information on it. You must have spend quite a lot of hours to achieve this result. Very good idea to keep the colors the same as the colza fields. All of these pictures in this gallery are fantastic. Very, very nice work Marisa. V !

Gilles Navet	PM reply	06-May-2008 17:04
Le jeu avec les couleurs et les espaces est vraiment bien C'est frais, "travaillé" Un autre bravo Vote Gilles

Alex Kim	PM reply	06-May-2008 10:04
I heard from my friend kazuya. This is great galley and i vote every single photos. Awesome.

Justin Kim	PM reply	06-May-2008 10:01
I heard from my friend kazuya. This is great galley and i vote every single photos. Awesome.

KAZUYA KIMURA –Ř‘şę–ç	PM reply	06-May-2008 09:53
I love your photos and I voted not only gallery, but Voted every single photos. I love your style.

TuTmin	PM reply	06-May-2008 08:01
Absolutely nice.very well seen & done.V~

Christian Frisquet	PM reply	04-May-2008 08:44
Magnifique ! I try to post a gallery on colza fields also....but now that I have seen yours I wonder if I should post it...BRAVO

Ian Chappell	PM reply	04-May-2008 05:19
Delightful.. I might try a few pics like this this weekend if the sun shines!

kyoung kim photography	PM reply	04-May-2008 01:56
Beautiful gallery, wonderful images~V

Bart Aldrich	PM reply	02-May-2008 21:27
Marvelous as always, Marisa!

Christophe Gronnier	PM reply	02-May-2008 21:26
Merveilleuse galerie pleine du renouveau printanier comment ŕ nos régions communes. GV

richard_warzee	PM reply	02-May-2008 17:13
Very beautiful gallery.

Silvano	PM reply	02-May-2008 17:06
bellissima galleria ... bravissima !!!

Marcio Cabral	PM reply	02-May-2008 13:31
Wonderfull gallery!!v

an nguyen	PM reply	02-May-2008 01:28
Marisa, I adore your style and vision. These fields are almost a dream place to be in. So gorgeous images. VVVVVVVVVV

Steve Morris	PM reply	01-May-2008 16:19
In England we call this plant 'Rape' from the Latin 'Rapum' - meaning turnip. Unfortunately Rape has another unpleasant meaning in English and so 'Colza' is a much nicer word - I think we should adopt it! Your beautiful photos are very reminiscent of late Spring-early Summer - my favourite time of year, and the gallery is so well presented with the yellow style sheet and fabulous banner! Big vote

Vikas Malhotra	PM reply	01-May-2008 16:18
Stunning landscapes, LOVE the colours. V

Ian Marsh	PM reply	01-May-2008 11:15
excellent gallery - really creative. v.

Hans-Peter Henriksen starman	PM reply	01-May-2008 10:13
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shatterbug	PM reply	01-May-2008 07:42
A very beautiful and colorful landscape gallery...great work! Love the matching layout too..

Kathy McDevitt	PM reply	30-Apr-2008 12:40
It's really too bad we don't grow this in Quebec. Our loss. Very nice gallery Marisa.

Jean-Luc Rollier	PM reply	30-Apr-2008 12:01
J'ai toujours été émerveillé par cette couleur qui explose dans nos champs chaque année, je ressens le męme sentiment devant l'extraordinaire mise en page de ta galerie. Mes compliments Marisa ! JL V

Naoki Hayashi's Photo Gallery	PM reply	30-Apr-2008 08:08
I enjoied all your beautiful pictures.. Just amaze work!! Big vote.

Ricardo L.	PM reply	30-Apr-2008 05:02
Des images simples, mais pleines de vie, et qui parfois me rappellent mon pays. V

Graeme	PM reply	29-Apr-2008 23:19
Its hard to pick a favrite image out in this gallery as they are all so beautiful, Marisa. Wonderfully designed and put together. Big Vote from me. Graeme

M Williamson Lebon	PM reply	29-Apr-2008 20:52
Really beautiful and intense colors in this gallery!!!!! VV

G.Pietro Munaretto	PM reply	29-Apr-2008 18:58
Beautiful gallery

Tim van Woensel	PM reply	29-Apr-2008 17:46
Wonderful colors in those fields for sure. I've just been to Keukenhof (new gallery of mine) and this gallery also features some flower field shots.

Monique Laguë	PM reply	29-Apr-2008 13:02
Les couleurs sont lumineuses. Il y a de beaux contrastes selon la température du moment. v

Darbowski	PM reply	28-Apr-2008 16:15
Superbe galerie ! Et maintenant Denis connaît le colza ! VVV

Barry Moore	PM reply	28-Apr-2008 14:04
Delightful to see spring is in the air for you in the North. Autumn (fall) is upon us and maybe even some frost!. Images are well presented and this gallery is a perfect compliment to the images. We don't have Colza in Australia either.

Jean-Paul PLUME	PM reply	27-Apr-2008 21:31
Les champs de colza fleurissent nos campagnes de merveilleuse façon: La preuve est lŕ. Aussi, il est trčs difficile en numérique de reproduire avec fidélité le jaune éclatant tel qu'il nous apparaît sans perdre de la définition, mais je n'ai jamais compris pourquoi... Cette galerie est trčs réussie malgré cette difficulté et la présentation splendide comme toujours. Bravo! Jean-Paul

Aud Elise Sjřsćther	PM reply	27-Apr-2008 20:42
Fantastic gallery! V

Denis Vincelette	PM reply	27-Apr-2008 18:51
You are calling the summer my dear friend ! :-))) Wonderful colors ... :-)) And wonderful photos ... it is good to see these colours after the winter that we had here ! A big summer bath !

Johnny Rasmussen	PM reply	27-Apr-2008 14:43
I think you have done a marvelous job with this gallery, Marisa! You have managed to keep it consistent, and that is very good. I really like the combination of blue and yellow the way you have presented it here. And as you said, seeing the same landcape at different times of day and under different light conditions will always bring new life to scenes we see everyday. Excellent work, Marisa!

Rosemarie Kusserow	PM reply	27-Apr-2008 11:45
Beautiful gallery Marisa, I love these yellow fields, wonderful compositions, vote, Rosemarie :o)

Jola Dziubinska	PM reply	27-Apr-2008 11:24
Such a pretty collection and so much yellow! Wonderful.

Luca Zanoni	PM reply	27-Apr-2008 09:23
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky... When we walked in fields of gold

Marjan Schavemaker	PM reply	27-Apr-2008 06:53
Very original gallery, Marisa, great lay-out. You'll see these fields in Holland right now, but flat. V

Susanne v. Schroeder	PM reply	26-Apr-2008 23:23
I am sure glad Denis didn't know about this plant... otherwise this beautiful gallery would not have come into existence. Well done!

Denis Vincelette	PM reply	26-Apr-2008 18:15
Une magnifique vision d,une plante que je ne connaissais pas ... OK vos fromages sont troués, mais vos champs sont bien jolis !:-) De superbes compositions ! C'est super gentil cette attention de m'éduquer sur ton pays .. Je vais voir si dans ton petit livre Histoire Suisse, ils parlent de ce champs de fleurs jaune ! ( belle mise en page aussi ! :-) Superbe) MERCI ma trčs chčre amie pleine de fromage et chocolat Suisse mais jamais en retard parce que les montres Suisses sont précises ! Ton ami plein de sirop d'érable et moustachu Denis. Oups.. j'ai lŕ, dévoilé la façon de nous écrire . :-)))))))

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