Glowing

Gallery: FloraPosted March 11, 2012434 views8 comments

I took this photo a few years ago at the poppy reserve in CA. It was in March, and the poppies were not yet in full bloom. So, I went over to the coast for a couple of weeks. On the way back home, I once again stopped at the poppy reserve. The flowers had come into full bloom, but high winds had blown them to pieces. I was glad I took a few photos when first there.

I love the morning sun glowing through the poppies. I was very low on a hillside to get a nice background with no sky. I tried several apertures with different background results. I liked this best with the yellow flowers blurred but slightly visible.

Nikon D300; nikon 105mm macro f/2.8
1/4000; f/3.2; ISO 200

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 11, 2012 at 2:35 PM

A nice arrangement of poppies. The OOF yellow flowers, at least to me, compete somewhat with the orange poppies.

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on March 11, 2012 at 5:42 PM

I don't mind the oof flowers in the background, but I do wonder if this could be lightened a little bit...there seems to be a little too much black in my opinion. Otherwise I like it a lot!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 11, 2012 at 6:39 PM

Margaret: Don't recall you posting here before so welcome to the finest Flora gallery on the planet and thanks for a fine first post here. I like the lighting especially and your POF/DOF choice. Very nicely done. Great to have you aboard and looking forward to more. >=))>

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Comment posted by scott lanz on March 11, 2012 at 9:56 PM

The orange and yellow colors are complementary and striking due to the strong the backlighting. Personally, and I like the OOF yellow flowers in the BG.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on March 12, 2012 at 9:22 AM

Love the warmth of this, Margaret - the soft lighting and very well controlled reds. Hope to see more from you !!

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on March 12, 2012 at 5:54 PM

Now THAT is a powerful orange! I like your handling of the bg and the intense color of the flowers. I wouldn't have thought of this in the field, probably, either, but with the strong backlight, a very tiny pop of fill-flash on the front side, or use of a diffusing panel might help the depth of shadow without eliminating the dramatic effect of the back-lighting completely.

I have yet to get to the Poppy Preserve, and really hope to go soon. Lucky you!

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on March 12, 2012 at 9:02 PM

Sweet splash of color Margaret. Well taken and displayed in my opinion.
Bob

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on March 12, 2012 at 10:38 PM

Welcome to the Flora Gallery Margaret. Lovely capture of these poppies these are always fun to shoot .Love the OOF Bg it is just stunning !

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