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Challenge: Flora (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-10
Location: Altamont Hills, CA
Date: Apr 19, 2003
Aperture: f-11
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Apr 19, 2003

California Poppies are hard to get a good picture of. All of them in the wild that I found were on private ranch land, and I had to discretely make the opportunity to take some pictures. They are quite low to the ground and the background always seems to have a wind generator in it. I took this one and several others in macro and tried to get them against an unblemished background. Taken hand held laying on the ground in a thistle patch with the wind blowing. Enjoy.

Statistics
Place: 92 out of 139
Avg (all users): 5.4113
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 5.3861
Avg (non-participants): 5.4750
Views since voting: 1102
Votes: 141
Comments: 16
Favorites: 2 (view)


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05/08/2003 10:27:05 AM
Matt,
Thanks for taking the time to give your indepth review of my wild poppies. I knew the cropping was out of the norm when I subbmitted the shot, but I had to give it a try, Nothing ventured, nothing gained, as they say.
Keep up the good work!
Dick
05/03/2003 07:30:32 PM
Greets from the Critique Club:

Hi autool!

First off, let me say that I admire the effort you went through to get this picture - I love photographers that are willing to go that far to get a shot! However, this shot just doesn't do it for me. The idea and the intent is there, but the execution leaves some to be desired. I think the crop is extremely harsh in this picture and I would gladly have traded a few wind generators for more scenery. The way you've framed the flower with the other plants takes away from the flower itself. My eye tends to follow those up, but it's uncomfortable because they're so close to the edges, thus it makes the whole picture feel constrained to me. I wish the background was a bit fuzzier too, but that's just me...

Everything else is spot on. I love the colors you've captured here and the focus on the poppy is wonderful.

-Matt
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/26/2003 06:29:44 PM
It's so hard to get them to hold still if there's any breeze at all...very nice job with the focus and exposure on the poppies (better than mine). I think I like the deep DOF on this image (grain, hill and clouds in reasonable focus) but it would be interesting to see a version with those highly blurred also...
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04/26/2003 01:07:53 PM
I think I would prefer a different crop on this one. Needs a touch more contrast.
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04/25/2003 10:30:00 AM
An awesome orange flower you've captured. The perspective is very interesting and works!
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04/23/2003 09:43:07 PM
WOW! Nice - I feel solitude and peace. Great shot - 10!
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04/23/2003 07:33:26 PM
This flower has breat color...I believe that filling a little more of the frame with it would create a better composition... nice work :) - setzler
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04/23/2003 12:42:31 PM
Cool crop - but maybe a lower perspective on the flower would have made it just a tad easier? :)
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04/22/2003 11:41:10 PM
I really like the layout of this pic and fel it meets the challenge well but it could use little more DOF IMHO this is probably my favorite flower pic
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04/22/2003 11:31:27 AM
Good composition and light. The color of green is a little light for me. I also think the composition would of been improved my off setting the flower to the right or left just a bit. Too centered. The negative space at the top is fantastic.....The hill/sky is great. Really good work.
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04/22/2003 06:43:35 AM
I love the perspective here. Nice tall format.
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04/21/2003 09:51:21 PM
Very nice
04/21/2003 09:31:37 PM
Great colors of the flower and depth added by including the sky.
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04/21/2003 07:47:15 PM
imo, this same shot, but wider with a lone flower would have been awesome
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04/21/2003 10:59:35 AM
Nice pick but the emphasis is not on the flower
04/21/2003 10:55:30 AM
Nice


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