Colza Fields Photo Gallery by Marisa Livet 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.

I like adding a few new photos to this gallery every year.
It’s my way to celebrate the seasonal meeting with this ephemeral yellow spring beauty,
since colza field are in flower for only a few days
and then they become quite banal greenish field of ...average high grass.

Seeking English		24-Jul-2012 20:32
my favorite color beautifully presented here

carlogalliani		16-May-2012 13:02
fantastic gallery ! great work

katjas		11-May-2012 15:44
wow, what a flesh of yellow! great gallery, BV

judithann		09-May-2012 22:16
Marisa, Your entire presentation is not only eye-catching, sophistocated, and colorful...but it demonstrates how appealing a gallery can be with the knowledge of HTML under your belt! I am, and have been in awe of your capabilites, not only as a photographer, but as an "artiste" when it comes to presenting your work. Simply SENSATIONAL! You are a professional in EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD!!!! Photography is most definitely what you should be doing...and aren't we, the viewers, so lucky that you knew that!!! :o) Kindest regards, Marisa, Judy

arminb		07-May-2012 19:59
yikes, sooo much yellow :) ... add a vote from me!

patou		06-May-2012 21:52
je vois que cette série a étais commencée il y a pas mal de temps et que tu la complètes suivant ton inspiration . Elle est très réussie et tu es bien inspirée , bravo ! ( v )

marie-jose wolff		05-May-2012 20:48
colza fields forever... des étendues jaunes de colza sous un ciel d'azur, à perte de vue, cela me rappelle mon enfance, c'est merveilleux! V

goelsamuel		04-May-2012 11:57
Wonderful collection of gorgeous images! Very well presented gallery of excellent compositions! My compliments Marisa for a job expertly done! V!

Rob Oele		04-May-2012 10:17
Great collect and great presentation; your have a special talent for that ;)

Dara Su		03-May-2012 14:36
Very beautiful gallery. V

waterfalls man		02-May-2012 10:36
Outstanding Galley V!!

Dan Greenberg		01-May-2012 23:23
Quite a stunning series and a magnificent presentation. You have found so many clever and different ways to artistically portray these fields. ~VVV~

Michel Duval		01-May-2012 18:58
Une belle idée et une excellente réalisation. En ce moment, nous voyons exploser leur floraison, pour le plus grand plaisir de nos yeux et il est bien que quelqu'un saisisse ces images. Ce ne pouvait être que toi ! Amitiés

Guest		30-Apr-2012 21:15
Lovely. Best. J

Still Base		30-Apr-2012 15:50
I had not seen this gallery until today, when you posted a new photo and I thought to myself "just how many different ways are there to photograph a yellow field." Lo and behold you have posted 70 and they are all so different - sometimes they are wide angle views, sometimes in close up, then the sky may be threatening or you introduce an animal, you may process it differently etc etc. A lesson for us all on many varied ways there are looking at and recording a single subject. Very well done indeed.

Barbara Read and Fred Schaad		30-Apr-2012 13:54
A prolific and colourful collection of images burgeoning with life. V

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

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

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

joseantonio		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

cits_4_pets		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		08-May-2009 05:04
Wonderful gallery...some of these pictures seem almost 3 dimensional, but all beautiful. Very well done.

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

Trevor Benedict		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		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		06-May-2009 02:37
Beautiful gallery! V Niecy

Happypoppeye		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)

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

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

silvano		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		05-May-2009 11:19
Fabulous collection, lovely shots. ~V

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Guest		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		03-May-2009 15:31
Ces fenêtres 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		28-Apr-2009 23:11
Well done. Very alluring images. Got my attention.

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

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

Steve Sharp		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!)

Guest		10-Jul-2008 15:48
nice gallery! my vote.

Guest		13-May-2008 06:01
This is an amazing gallery. So strong in its theme... Impactful indeed. Big V : )

Peter De Rycke		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		11-May-2008 17:31
very beautiful gallery. gmv

Guest		09-May-2008 07:25
Lovely gallery! took some pictures of this myself yesterday.

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

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

Guest		07-May-2008 00:51
Dazzlingly beautiful! V

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

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

KAZUYA KIMURA –Ø‘ºˆê–ç		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		06-May-2008 08:01
Absolutely nice.very well seen & done.V~

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

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

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

Guest		02-May-2008 21:26
Merveilleuse galerie pleine du renouveau printanier comment à nos régions communes. GV

Guest		02-May-2008 17:13
Very beautiful gallery.

silvano		02-May-2008 17:06
bellissima galleria ... bravissima !!!

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

an nguyen		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		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		01-May-2008 16:18
Stunning landscapes, LOVE the colours. V

Guest		01-May-2008 11:15
excellent gallery - really creative. v.

H. P. Henriksen Starman		01-May-2008 10:13
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shatterbug		01-May-2008 07:42
A very beautiful and colorful landscape gallery...great work! Love the matching layout too..

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

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

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

poetry666		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		29-Apr-2008 20:52
Really beautiful and intense colors in this gallery!!!!! VV

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

Tim van Woensel		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.

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

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

Barry S Moore		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		27-Apr-2008 21:31
Les champs de colza fleurissent nos campagnes de merveilleuse façon: La preuve est là. Aussi, il est très 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 très réussie malgré cette difficulté et la présentation splendide comme toujours. Bravo! Jean-Paul

Aud Elise Sjøsæther		27-Apr-2008 20:42
Fantastic gallery! V

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

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

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

Marjan Schavemaker		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		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		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 très chère 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 là, dévoilé la façon de nous écrire . :-)))))))

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