Sunflares and Sunflowers – My favorite photo of 2025.

Summers where I live range from hot, to very hot, to blistering hot. Thankfully, this year’s summer was only hot. That meant I was outside more often, which I love.

I took this photo during one of those hot summer days while on an afternoon walk. This house always makes me smile in the summer, and I pass it as often as I can when I’m out and about. I’ve been doing this for a lot of summers now. The sunflowers are colorful and tall (most taller than I am), and each year there are more of them. The owner even set out some chairs for people to sit in and enjoy the moment – or mostly for the high school seniors to take selfies.

I used my favorite plastic camera, the Superheadz White Slim Angel, for this shot. It has a delightful flare when shooting into the sun, and I purposefully aimed it toward the sun to capture that sunflare over the sunflowers in this scene. Now that the days are cooler and often less sunny, I especially enjoy looking back at this scene. I can almost feel the warmth of summer again – or at least know that it will be back soon.

Thanks to Hamish and all of the “best of 2025” contributors so far! I’m really enjoying seeing everyone’s favorite images for the year, and reading the stories behind each one.

You can find more of my photos on Flickr and occasionally on Instagram, as well as my website.

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