Poppies (20056)

[adversa]

Could not resist this lovely field of poppies located about 5 miles from my home. As my Canon was at home, I used my Olympus E400 which lives in the boot of my car. Access was very poor & I got as close as I could using using my 40-150 lens mounted on a rather spindly tripod. Image is HDR

[DCINNC]

Re: Poppies (20056)

Not sure if you should be posting images on here not taken with a EOS camera

[Undercrank]

Re: Poppies (20056)

Well yes, but maybe we shouldn't be inflexible and cut some slack, or at least add some comments about the shot?

The "spindly tripod" did the trick, Bill. I like your presentation and can imagine it on the wall!

Also, I was wondering why HDR?

[White Butterfly]

Re: Poppies (20056)

I think Bill justified his use of the Olympus ... same reason I carry a small nikon coolpix in my handbag ( and for the record I really dislike that camera) .... and I am glad he posted it because the field of poppies is a treat for eyes that only see post modern glass and chrome buildings and desert sand on a daily basis...reminds me of what I am missing...

Bill, I would have taken the shot lying down to try and get full length stems in the foreground and some sky in the upper image as it would have created a huge colour contrast and would have given better emphasis to the colour of the poppies. Maybe would have gone as far as to use a UWA lens.

Nonetheless a great image ... my eyes appreciated it here in the desert of Dubai ...
Pippa

[carregwen]

Re: Poppies (20056)

... my eyes appreciated it here in the desert of Dubai ...
Pippa

You really don't like it there, do you?

Nice shot, Bill. I find reds are so tricky with flowers - they can easily get blown out. Looks OK here though.

[White Butterfly]

Re: Poppies (20056)

Carregwen, it is just that I am so used to acres of green in my garden in SA with 400 rose bushes etc etc ...here in Dubai there is very little that is verdent ... I now have a garden at the back of my villa that is smaller than my SA swimming pool! As a result there are few opportunities to photograph images like the above field unless I travel out of the UAE but I am going to SA for two weeks at end of November so watch the Africa thread ...I will if I am lucky be able to post some images. YAY!!!! Does that say it all... :)

[mskidmore]

Re: Poppies (20056)

good shot bill, I don't think it really matters that you didn't take it with a canon. next time just say its a canon, no one will know the difference. do you frame all your photos the same way? with the title and name below? like it, different.