Red

Poppy on a damp,breezy afternoon.
Canon 1D Mk11N,500 Canon lens,1/1600 f4 and iso 250.

Phil.

It's a nice shot but I'm sorry to say that for me the OOF red splodge behind and to the right detracts from the subject too much.

I am going to take a different stance. I think the oof red splodge helps to balance the picture. the only thing I don't like about it is that I would prefer to see it a tad higher in the frame.

david

Love it and I really like your choice of composition,love the soft,diffused BG

I like it Phil and I think it needs the other oof poppies as to me I rarely associate poppies with individual plants and so would expect to see evidence of others to put it in context. I would have liked to see a little more of the stem though.

I was trying something like this myself over the weekend and I think you captured it very well here. It works for me, albeit a little short on the stem.

Brett

Hi Phil,

I like the OOF poppy on the right but would reduce the saturation of that area of the background.

Cheers

Austin