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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Eric Borgström on July 21, 2015, 09:05:44

Title: Lusting for
Post by: Eric Borgström on July 21, 2015, 09:05:44

In my neighbor´s garden

Title: Re: Lusting for
Post by: Eric Borgström on July 22, 2015, 17:06:06

This intensively red poppy has over the years been photographed from many angles. When it start to bloom in late May until loosing flowers a fortnight later I am out on a daily basis – and nightly in the nordic summer light – happily taking pictures. I doubt though that is the reason the neighbors now move.

Title: Re: Lusting for
Post by: Gary on July 22, 2015, 17:14:17

Aaaahhh ... le coquelicot, nicely captured.

Title: Re: Lusting for
Post by: smusesuse on July 22, 2015, 17:35:01

Very cool, love the colour. The first shot is definitely my favourite.

Title: Re: Lusting for
Post by: Frank Fremerey on July 22, 2015, 19:12:59

Erotic flowers and food. There is much more to it than Georgia O'Keef

Title: Re: Lusting for
Post by: Eric Borgström on July 23, 2015, 08:09:31

Thank you for kind remarks!
When on tour I can not refrain myself, poppies are everywhere. The first photo is on midsummer eve, rather late, the camera time in EXIF is wrong. Soft, magic light.
The pylon on the second reminded me of a prop Bjørn R. sometimes frames. I did not tilt the world though, The poppies grow on a wall hiding unsightly activities.

Title: Re: Lusting for
Post by: Jakov Minić on July 23, 2015, 11:04:19

Eric, the poppies look really tempting. I would photograph them all day long...
Have you over-saturated them a tad?

Title: Re: Lusting for
Post by: Eric Borgström on July 23, 2015, 11:35:11

Jakov,


+17 Vibrance. But often I decrease red saturation in the Leica M files. Increases perceived sharpness to my eyes.
The Hasselblad CVF 50c files are very good color-wise to start out with and in addition can take a lot of shadow lifting.


Eric

Title: Re: Lusting for
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on July 23, 2015, 11:37:30

I love red, pylons, and poppies, in that order :D

So lots of stuff to like here.

The last one, with poppies growing along a field, does show an abrupt transition in light quality probably caused by a hard grad filter?

Title: Re: Lusting for
Post by: Eric Borgström on July 23, 2015, 12:00:44

Bjørn,


A heavy handed use of the graduated filter in LR6, I am afraid. Thanks for the feedback.


Eric

Title: Re: Lusting for
Post by: Gary on July 23, 2015, 15:53:21

There is just something about a poppy which is special. I have red, orange and yellow in my yard. The poppy is the California's state flower.  In Spring they become a carpet across the foothills.

Title: Re: Lusting for
Post by: Eric Borgström on July 23, 2015, 19:59:36

Gary!
The red, orange and yellow yard must be beautiful. You have pictures, have you? Not to mention carpeded foothills.  /Eric

Title: Re: Lusting for
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on July 23, 2015, 20:11:03

It is worth mentioning that the California Poppy Eschscholzia californica isn't a true poppy at all, although it does belong to the Poppy family.

Title: Re: Lusting for
Post by: armando_m on July 23, 2015, 22:27:21

Wonderful reds

Really like #1 and the one with the hill

Title: Re: Lusting for
Post by: Jørgen Ramskov on July 31, 2015, 17:48:20

Quite fond of the first one and the intense red.