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The Pretty, Welsh Poppy


The Pretty, Welsh Poppy
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Copyright: Beverley Robinson (Royaldevon) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 446 W: 52 N: 1060] (3608)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07-19
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Nikon D70, NIKKOR 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 G
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/640 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-25 9:00
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Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 26
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello Everyone,

I hope you have had a lovely day and are ready for the weekend.

Today, I am posting a photograph of the very vividly coloured Welsh Poppy. This pretty poppy grows wild in hedgerows, open spaces and I have even seen it growing in the cracks between paving stones.

I managed to catch a hoverfly as well, though this was not my intention.

Here is some further information from Wikipedia:
The Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica) is a perennial plant of the family Papaveraceae. Its habitat is damp shady places on rocky ground, and it is native to south-western England, Wales, Ireland and Western Europe. In its most western locations, it is increasingly found on more open ground with less cover.

It has pinnately divided leaves. The flower is distinctively yellow or orange with four petals, and hairy green sepals that fall off quickly after the flower opens. It spreads easily from the numerous small black seeds produced in the summer. It is especially well adapted to colonising gaps and crevices in rocks and stones. This habit has enabled it to colonise the urban emvironment, growing between paving slabs and at the edges of walls.

It was originally classified as Papaver cambricum and may be referred to as such in older texts. It is the only member of the Meconopsis (Papaveraceae with yellow latex) genus native to Europe.


Many thanks for stoping by.
Please feel free to offer feedback on any aspect of the photograph.
Bev :-)

Hand held.
pp cropped, sharpened, added borders and signed
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To Heaven: The Pretty, Welsh PoppyRoyaldevon 1 07-25 11:47
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Looks a bit out of time and space...or a time shift...as per the frame being more of an October'ish colour, yet having said that, it does not detract too much from the actual image itself...or maybe it is just me...I feel almost a bit drawn outward by the frame instead of inwards. Does that make any sense? I know you like to frame images and you are indeed real good at it....so I leave that up to you...
bob

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2575 W: 170 N: 7847] (24815)
  • [2008-07-25 9:46]

Hello Bev,
I've never seen this Welsh Poppy although I know there is an English one, yellow and very pretty. This one has a lovely bright colour and you've captured it so well here. A brilliant diagonal composition showing very fine details of flowers, seedheads and a little Hoverfly! Perfect!
TFS and cheers, Ulla

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 753 W: 108 N: 1729] (5398)
  • [2008-07-25 9:52]

I just love the warm colours in this, Bev
superb diagonal composition, fine details and I love the little hoverfly you have included too :)
TFs
silke

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1897 W: 8 N: 4947] (15987)
  • [2008-07-25 10:45]

Hi Bev,

These Welsh Poppies are just beautiful! The colors are magnificent and the details are sharp and clear. The fly is a wonderful bonus but for me the flowers steal the show.

Jane

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1106 W: 6 N: 3060] (11310)
  • [2008-07-25 10:45]

Hi Bev,never seen an orange poppy,in Italy i think dont live,wonderfull quality of sharpness and colors,excellent choice of point of view and great background,just my best compliment,Luciano

hi beverley

i'll be brief, i'm writing with one hand (surgery).

i like these poppies very much. this variety changes from what we usually see, and this is very pleasant. i also like the diagonal composition very much.

kind regards

markus

Hi Bev, superb composition with wonderful flowers, splendid focus and great colors, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2750 W: 147 N: 7933] (24699)
  • [2008-07-25 11:56]

Hello bev,
Superb colours and composition in this portrait of a Welsh Poppy. I like the POV and the way the stems all slope in the same direction. The flowers are tack sharp and the little hoverfly is a bonus.
Thanks for sharing this beauty,
Have a good weekend,
Ivan

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 454 W: 11 N: 1299] (4552)
  • [2008-07-25 12:20]

Hello Beverley,
excellent macro shot! Colours are wonderfull and composition results very nice!
Regards Siggi

i love these flowers i had one in my garden last year but it did not appear this year alas.beautifully taken.

Hi Beverley,
A nice capture of these beautiful poppy flowers and the tiny hoverfly inbetween. Very well composed with sharp details. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hello Beverley
Ils sont toujours très beau les 'pavot cornu'
Leur couleur jaune est très forte, et c'est bien rendu sur ta photo
Merci
à bientot
Laurent

Bonjour Bev,
Ta bonne maitrise de la profondeur de champ sur cette fleur avec un tel objectif est remarquable mais elle ne doit pas évincer la superbe composition de cette publication où la rondeur du sujet s'oppose merveilleusement à linéarité des diagonales de l'arrière-plan.
A bientôt sur TN pour de nouvelles aventures.
Gérard

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