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California Poppies - B&W
© Pixleslie
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Uploaded: 06/20/10 12:36 AM GMT
California Poppies - B&W
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These are California poppies growing in a Maryland woodland garden, bright morning sun filtering down through the branches. (EXIF data's being held hostage on my recalcitrant HD.) I made the image in color, but the yellow of the petals was so uniform it blazed away the detail. In B&W, you can see a whole lot more here. Thanks for having a look.
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::verenabloo
06/20/10 3:33 AM GMT
Callie poppies are the most radiant colour, and sorry to say but I like their colours so much better then b&w. They are the "sun" where ever they grow. Verena
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Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours.
This series of B&W pictures of flowers have been inspirational. To capture the beauty of these living things beyond their gaudy colours is to see a side of nature overlooked by most. As you say, now you can see the structure so clearly. Wonderful.
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Oh, I like this one, very good lighting and clarity. Details are seen perfectly now.
Great work:o)
Great work:o)
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Carpe Diem!
So simply, but beautifully done. Love the lighting and shadow play you used.
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"Hurry to meet Death before your place is taken."
Gaudy colours? Flowers are gaudy? Never may that happen. b&w has wonderful ways with many things. The creation you did is good,I just happen to love colours, that's why I do oil paintings too. And the great masters of art from long ago did many magnificent flowers.
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Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours.
Got this one in the VB and gave it high marks. One doesn't see that many b&w flowers ut I was pleasantly surprised at the detail and simplicity of shape here. Great shot.
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For in and out, above, about, below,
'Tis nothing but a Magic Shadow-show,
Play'd in a Box whose Candle is the Sun,
Round which we Phantom Figures come and go.
From Edward Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
I also got this one in the VB and gave it a high score. You did an amazing job with this macro. I really like the lighting on the flowers. The focus on the flowers is really clear, with good DOF. I'm curious though, Why so much empty space?
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And the Lord said "Go Sox"
Oh thank you for such kind comments! Why the negative space? One reason was that it was "there." The image is full frame and I was as close to the poppies as I could get with this particular lens. The negative space is the leftovers. The other reason was that I tend to like greedily filling the frame with flower and yet often find the results to seem either claustrophobic once matted and framed or eye-crossing when on a monitor so close to the viewer. So then I back off for a while and try roomier compositions. I happened to shoot this in a back-off mood.
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“A photograph is a secret about a secret.
The more it tells you the less you know.”
Diane Arbus
An outstanding shot! The lighting is just perfect and the details can be enjoyed against the negative space.
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To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower..............
William Blake
