Field-Poppy

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Field-Poppy
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Copyright: Robert Brown (Robbrown) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1306 W: 95 N: 2175] (6050)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-08-14
Categories: Flowers
Camera: SONY DSC F-707, Carl Zeiss 9.7-48.5, Digital ISO 100
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/500 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2004-08-15 17:23
Viewed: 1394
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Field Popy (Papaver rhoeas) also known as the Corn poppy .
This is a bright red flower with a black area at the base of each petal, found usually in disturbed ground which is why they are seen in fields also in sown corn/wheat, building site, bare patches on the side of the road, and the battle fields of Flanders after the 1st world war finished.which is why in the UK it is used as a symbol of remberance of it ending.
This is a little one only 150 mm tall they can be 60 - 70 mm tall in the right place, and is growing in the edge of a rubble path by the lake very little soil, so the flower is lees than 30mm across the norm is 80mm. This particular species is an annual (that is to say it grows afresh each year from seed)There is a saying in farming, "1years seed gives 40 years of weeds", that is to say the seed from one year can germinate for a long time after being shed by the flower, there are records of buildings that have been up over 100 years being taken down and in a matter of weeks there being a crop of poppies flowering there. the seed having been in the ground for atleast that long.(seed is resiliant package of life they have managed to grow seed layed down by the pharohs in the tombs in Egypt.
It can be seen across most of Europe out into the Middle East and across north Africa.Each flower only lasts a day or two before becoming a little pepper-pot that when ripe in under a month will shake its seeds around when the wind or an animal wlks past and knocks it. some my germinate imeadiatly and produce another crop of seed.The rest will wait either for the spring, or wait for the conditions to be right for life.
Bye the way this is a completly wild species though by the hand of man selecting variations that do occur there are now a number of cultivated varieties mainly the shirley series that have yellow orange and pinks but no black mark at the base of the petals
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  • Jax Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 91 W: 0 N: 153] (490)
  • [2004-08-15 18:20]

Poppies for young men....
The symbol of life gone and remembrance..
Good DOF and composition and a very informative note

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  • Lesley Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 13 N: 913] (2988)
  • [2004-08-15 19:51]

Very nice color, focus and texture, Robert. I love how these Poppies ( we call them Oriental Poppies here across the pond )petals resemble paper. Very nice job!

Robert, So beautiful and yet so difficult to get with the right colours on an image. You did good work on this one.
Greetings, Jan

Very nice Robert
Beautiful colours and very good details.
Good job

It look likes a LP photo, And I like it.
Very good colours, great dof, fantastic note, very good job you did Robbert.

Interesting composition. I like it. The details are exceptional. The texture and colours captured to perfection. The note is full of stuff I did not know. Thanx Robert, greta work.

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2967 W: 365 N: 3847] (11725)
  • [2004-08-16 6:49]

I'm constantly amazed at how much they resemnle paper. Good colour and composition.

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  • Callie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1253 W: 106 N: 2654] (7453)
  • [2004-08-16 13:37]

Robert
We call poppies papawers in Afrikaans. This always looks like crinckle-cut paper to me. Very nice ed and textures.

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  • japie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1996 W: 107 N: 1897] (5103)
  • [2004-08-16 14:53]

There are cases where the subject belongs slap bang in the middle of the composition, and this is one of it! Very nice composition with excellent DOF and color! Lovely shot!

So simple done, so beautiful !

What wonderful colour! I love the crinkle of the flower, you can almost feel the texture in your hand. Very interesting notes. Couldn't believe how they grow wild all over England when I was there. Great capture of one of my favourite flowers!

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