Oriental Poppy

Gallery: FloraPosted June 11, 2012103 views8 comments

Very large Poppies - even larger than the largest of Opium Poppies I have seen.

ND300s, AFD 200mm F/4 Micronikkor, F/10, 1/80 Sec, ISO400, Built in Flash at -2EV, Diffuser and Tripod. 10% from left and right cropped to remove petal portions.

Thanks a lot for your comments on Phlox Whorl and do let me know what you think of this one.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 12, 2012 at 12:40 AM

Ram:
Looks delicious, like a cup cake with dusting of icing sugar

(pardon the food analogy but I am viewing this just be lunch).

Love the radial symmetry and even lighting. Like this a lot as posted but also wonder about a different square comp including the anthers along the top and bottom.

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on June 12, 2012 at 2:20 AM

agree with Gary, my first thought was, that it looks like a well decorated cupcake....very nice light and colors, like your "cake" a lot...

Brigitte

Registered on January 10, 2009, 187 Posts, 1507 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on June 12, 2012 at 1:32 PM

Whoa Ram. Very cool details. Nice use of symmetry in the comp. Great photo.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on June 12, 2012 at 3:58 PM

Sweet photo, Ram!

Does look like some kind of sugary candy but it also is a very "sweet" photo. What an interesting design in this flower center and love all the various shades of pink. I think it would also make a stunning photo to be a square comp showing all anthers as Gary mentioned.

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Comment posted by David Schwaegler on June 12, 2012 at 5:06 PM

Delicious!

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 12, 2012 at 5:30 PM

I like Gary's cupcake comment Ram..sort of wraps it all up in a nutshell

Looks like great technique & execution to me, I especially like the diffused even light across the poppy.
Well done!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on June 12, 2012 at 8:46 PM

I've never seen one of these, Ram. I like the detail from the top down comp. Yes, it looks good enough to eat.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on June 12, 2012 at 8:49 PM

Ram, I had two thought when I saw this. (1) This could be be what the inventor of the kaleidoscope was trying to emulate; and (2) I have to have dessert now! Excellent choice of POV and concentration.

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