Beautiful field of yellow weeds

On a road trip back from a truck shoot in Ohio, Dorothy and I stopped a a truck stop for gas and … essential needs. We noticed a beautiful field along one side of the Loves Truck Stop in Knightstown, IN. I spotted the huge expanse of yellow flowers wondering just what had been planted and thinking that I needed to photograph it for my library of scenic images to substitute in the future for mundane backgrounds.

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I thought that the great sky and bright yellow field would be great in my library of backgrounds

Dorothy who is keenly into flowers and plants, promptly informed me that what I had grown fond of was a huge field of weeds. She has a phone app to identify flora, and it confirmed that we were looking at rapeseed.

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Weeds or not, I think the colors and sky make for a dramatic image

Information online stated: Yes, rapeseed can be considered a weed in certain contexts. While it’s a cultivated crop grown for oil and other uses, it can also become a weed if it is allowed to go to seed and spread unintentionally into areas where it is not desired.