Flower Cascade + Repost

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 20, 2014736 views10 comments

This past spring was a nice surprise. In spite of poor rainfall here in California, the poppies mad a pretty decent showing, especially along the Merced River Canyon. The way the flowers meandered along the hillside between the rocks reminded me of a river cascading.

Your thoughts appreciated. The larger this is the more stunning, however it the larger version here took a big compression hit.

4x5, Nikon 300 mm f/9, Fuji Provia 100F.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on May 20, 2014 at 3:05 PM

I like this a lot, Youssef. The poppies are excellent, and I like the rock bands. You might consider cropping out the bit of sky, since it's kind of an eye-grabber. Nice find!

--P

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on May 20, 2014 at 5:48 PM

Sweet poppy scene, Youssef. I would concur with Mr. Birdwell's crop suggestion.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on May 20, 2014 at 5:55 PM

Just ditto the sky and sweet shot.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on May 20, 2014 at 9:39 PM

Wow Youssef, this is wonderful. I love the cascading poppies and the dark rocks. Aside from the already mentioned spot of light at the top, this is killer.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on May 20, 2014 at 10:39 PM

Other then the minor crop mentioned this is a really wonderful take on this scene, Youssef.....

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on May 21, 2014 at 1:21 AM

worthy of all the "wow"s that it receives. feel free to get the scissors out for that sliver at the top ...

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on May 21, 2014 at 12:30 PM

Wonderful image, love the "sea of blossoms" effect. And I agree with the cropping suggestion.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on May 21, 2014 at 4:29 PM

Beautiful scene and image. I love the flowers and how you include the rocks in the image. I also suggest to crop out the sky

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 23, 2014 at 10:35 PM

Hi Youssef

The lines of yellow poppies running through the scene, makes a breathtaking image.. a wee crop on top, would make this even better

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on May 24, 2014 at 4:09 AM

Thank you for the feedback. I made the crop and it really did make a difference. I also adjusted the color balance a bit

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