Sunflowers and colorful tall grass prairie

It was probably 7 or 8 years ago that I stood on this spot with my Olympus 3mp point-and-shoot and took the "purple prairie grass" picture that has been published in newspapers and is used extensively at Homestead National Monument of America. That's the image on the top today.

I've always wanted to return to the same spot, at the same time, to try to duplicate that photo. Below is my attempt from a couple weeks ago. The colors here are more varied than the purple of the original, and the quality of the photograph is much higher, but it's a matter of taste whether or not this one is more pleasing than the old one.