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poppin poppies

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Posted by Rick Lundh on May 31, 2006 at 2:45 AM
poppin poppies
While driving this weekend, I stopped upon a larger than average poppie field and shot some comps since I've never shot this flower b4. I played quite a bit with backlighting them...
Posted by Les Barstow on May 31, 2006 at 2:52 AM
Excellent results, Rick!
Posted by Kevin Hillegass on May 31, 2006 at 2:56 AM
This one's great, Rick! I like the OOF flowers in the BG, too. It ties it all together.

Kevin
Posted by Mahesh Thapa on May 31, 2006 at 3:29 AM
Great color saturation, bud! Love the softness of this one.
Posted by Ned Fenimore on May 31, 2006 at 10:57 AM
Pretty cool, Rick. The bottom right hand corner flower at the stem is my only distractive nit.
Posted by Tim Goodspeed on May 31, 2006 at 11:08 AM
Rick, excellent light. Great DOF. I agree with Ned, burn the distracting highlights in the lower right and you will have it. :toast:
Posted by Harald Rust on May 31, 2006 at 3:39 PM
Lovely macro. Nice sharp detail with pleasing background and backlighting.
The poppies are often challenging to shoot as macros, since they want to move with the slightest breeze.
Harald
Posted by Erik Lundh on May 31, 2006 at 6:21 PM
Good one there Bro. Love those yellows.
Posted by Rick Lundh on May 31, 2006 at 10:28 PM
Thanks for the comments. I will fix that spot for sure!
Posted by Mark Hudon on May 31, 2006 at 10:41 PM
Yeah, Rick, I agree with Ned's suggestion. Real nice.