California Poppy #1
by bspurgeon

Comment by jomari:
This is really lovely, but I think I do prefer the coloured shot.

Gold Poppy during Spring Bloom, Anza Borrego, CA
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Comment by jomari:
This is lovely. The focus is beautiful and the colours really say spring.

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Comment by KristinaG:
Beautiful picture. I especially love the texture of the grasses around this poppy, fading between completely out of focus and in focus.
I do think the lighting on the flower might be a bit too bright. Slightly softer lighting (not too much of course, to not lose the contrast) and maybe zooming in a tad more, would give the flower a greater impact.
Great job.

Free
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Comment by bmartuch:
Unique. Nice.

California Poppy #1
by bspurgeon

Comment by digifotojo:
The b/w version has a wonderful painterly quality about it, I think you should do more like this.

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Comment by herfotoman:
Compelling. I found the blobs out of focus on the foreground distracted me a little bit.

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Comment by FourPointX:
nice pp i'm not usually a fan of the heavy pp but i really like this shot 7

Abstracts, Spring Catalogue, Page 7
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Comment by krnodil:
This came out very nicely, Ben - it shouldn't be on page 7, it should be the front cover. A fitting image for the Spring edition.

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Comment by Jutilda:
LOVE the bokeh. This is nice.

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Comment by Lonni:
A really lovely image - the orange is so striking because of the pale (desaturated?) green.