Re: GESO - California Poppies
On 4/8/05, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The state flower of California is the poppy. They bloom once a year so there is a short opportunity to see and photograph them. On my recent morning walks they have been out and I have been taking pictures when conditions were good. I felt that there were more than would be worth showing as a string of PESO's, so here is a little gallery. View if you are so inclined: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm Comments always welcome. Getting time to comment on some old ones that were posted around the time I was away to Nova Scotia. These are all beautiful, Bruce. FWIW, this is my fave: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/bkd_1655.htm Lovely, simple composition, and I love that smooth, creamy background. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Here's my take on the California state flower: http://jfwaf.com/Poppies.jpg (Taken on a stroll around the neighbourhood a couple of days ago)
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John Francis mused: Here's my take on the California state flower: http://jfwaf.com/Poppies.jpg (Taken on a stroll around the neighbourhood a couple of days ago) Oops - make that http://www.jfwaf.com/Poppies.jpg
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I'm getting: Not found. John On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:21:31 -0400 (EDT), John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's my take on the California state flower: http://jfwaf.com/Poppies.jpg (Taken on a stroll around the neighbourhood a couple of days ago) -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.6 - Release Date: 11/04/2005
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Now that I can see it, what I like about it is the shadows off to the right. The light is kind of harsh, so the shadows work quite well. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, April 12, 2005, 11:31:50 AM, you wrote: JF John Francis mused: Here's my take on the California state flower: http://jfwaf.com/Poppies.jpg (Taken on a stroll around the neighbourhood a couple of days ago) JF Oops - make that http://www.jfwaf.com/Poppies.jpg
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Thanks, Bruce. I liked the shadows (although as you can see from the angle, this was taken in the late afternoon - it was much harsher at mid-day). But what I really liked was the image of the poor little flower struggling to find somewhere to grow in a sea of concrete. Pave paradise - put up a parking lot. The fact that it is the state flower just adds that final touch. Bruce Dayton mused: Now that I can see it, what I like about it is the shadows off to the right. The light is kind of harsh, so the shadows work quite well. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, April 12, 2005, 11:31:50 AM, you wrote: JF John Francis mused: Here's my take on the California state flower: http://jfwaf.com/Poppies.jpg (Taken on a stroll around the neighbourhood a couple of days ago) JF Oops - make that http://www.jfwaf.com/Poppies.jpg
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Joe, All handheld, all manual focus 1698a - Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 - ISO 400, 1/350 @ f/5.6 1677 - Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 - ISO 400, 1/750 @ f/8.0 1592 - Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 - ISO 800, 1/1000 @ f/8.0 1655 - Pentax A 70-210/4 - ISO 200, 1/350 @ f/8.0 1660 - Pentax A 70-210/4 - ISO 200, 1/250 @ f/11.0 1642a - Pentax A 70-210/4 - ISO 200, 1/500 @ f/5.6 1590 - Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 - ISO 800, 1/2000 @ f/8.0 1591 - Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 - ISO 800, 1/750 @ f/8.0 1382 - Kyocera M410R Prosumer (my daughter's camera) 1576 - Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 - ISO 400, 1/1000 @ f/5.6 1383 - Kyocera M410R Prosumer (my daughter's camera) 1436 - Pentax A 70-210/4 - ISO 400, 1/3000 @ f/4.0 1556 - Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 - ISO 800, 1/3000 @ f/8.0 1701a - Tokina AT-X 400/5.6 - ISO 800, 1/750 @ f/8.0 -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, April 9, 2005, 9:39:59 AM, you wrote: JT Thanks Joe. I find that the longer focal lengths really help isolate JT the subject better. JT - JT Bruce, were the poppy photos also taken with the Tokina 400? JT jof
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Thanks Mark. Yes they are wild flowers. They grow natively many places here in California. Sometimes I have seen entire hillsides covered in them - quite a sight. -- Bruce Friday, April 8, 2005, 8:22:37 PM, you wrote: MC Nice work, Bruce - beautiful shots. Are these wild flowers? All the poppies MC over here are garden varieties. MC - MCC MC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MC Mark Cassino Photography MC Kalamazoo, MI MC www.markcassino.com MC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MC - Original Message - MC From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] MC To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net MC Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:32 PM MC Subject: GESO - California Poppies The state flower of California is the poppy. They bloom once a year so there is a short opportunity to see and photograph them. On my recent morning walks they have been out and I have been taking pictures when conditions were good. I felt that there were more than would be worth showing as a string of PESO's, so here is a little gallery. View if you are so inclined: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm Comments always welcome. -- Best regards, Bruce
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No fish there - the water droplets are real. These are exactly as found in their natural state. Early morning this time of year has quite a bit of dew that settles on the flowers. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, April 8, 2005, 9:16:45 PM, you wrote: KK Missed the OP. KK On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Kenneth Waller wrote: - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:32 PM Subject: GESO - California Poppies http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm KK I saw very few, but liked 1436 and 1590 (which may benefit from some KK cropping). 1383 is nice composition (though again I might try cropping KK to put them on/close to either third), but is there something fishy KK about the water drops? KK Thanks for sharing, KK Kostas
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On 8/4/05, Bruce Dayton, discombobulated, unleashed: No fish there - the water droplets are real. These are exactly as found in their natural state. Early morning this time of year has quite a bit of dew that settles on the flowers. Well done. Didn't I read somewhere that spraying flowers with water does them some harm?? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
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Bruce, Wonderful gallery! Some of the nicest photos I've seen. Keep taking walks... Regards, Bob S. On Apr 8, 2005 11:32 AM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The state flower of California is the poppy. They bloom once a year so there is a short opportunity to see and photograph them. On my recent morning walks they have been out and I have been taking pictures when conditions were good. I felt that there were more than would be worth showing as a string of PESO's, so here is a little gallery. View if you are so inclined: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm Comments always welcome. -- Best regards, Bruce
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Bob, You are most kind. Sometimes those walks don't end up being very strenuous - due to the picture taking, but oh well... -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, April 9, 2005, 4:24:03 AM, you wrote: BS Bruce, BS Wonderful gallery! Some of the nicest photos I've seen. Keep taking walks... BS Regards, Bob S. BS On Apr 8, 2005 11:32 AM, Bruce Dayton BS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The state flower of California is the poppy. They bloom once a year so there is a short opportunity to see and photograph them. On my recent morning walks they have been out and I have been taking pictures when conditions were good. I felt that there were more than would be worth showing as a string of PESO's, so here is a little gallery. View if you are so inclined: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm Comments always welcome. -- Best regards, Bruce
Re: GESO - California Poppies
Bruce Dayton wrote: The state flower of California is the poppy. They bloom once a year so there is a short opportunity to see and photograph them. On my recent morning walks they have been out and I have been taking pictures when conditions were good. I felt that there were more than would be worth showing as a string of PESO's, so here is a little gallery. View if you are so inclined: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm Comments always welcome. -- Best regards, Bruce I love California poppies, too.. getting them to sit is always a challenge... my fave looking at the thumbnails was bkd_1655.htm but I'd like to see the blur on the left cropped out or darkened with photoshop... Cropping being the preferable route.. the first one on the left is stunning,too - how about that little bit of orange on the lower right hand corner? chop? If cropped even a tiny bit I think this one bkd_1698a.htm would be my favorite... it takes me right there. lovely stuff, Bruce ann
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Cotty wrote: On 8/4/05, Bruce Dayton, discombobulated, unleashed: No fish there - the water droplets are real. These are exactly as found in their natural state. Early morning this time of year has quite a bit of dew that settles on the flowers. Well done. Didn't I read somewhere that spraying flowers with water does them some harm?? Cheers, Cotty Tell that to the man upstairs.. :) ann ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
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Thanks Joe. I find that the longer focal lengths really help isolate the subject better. - Bruce, were the poppy photos also taken with the Tokina 400? jof
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Hi! The state flower of California is the poppy. They bloom once a year so there is a short opportunity to see and photograph them. On my recent morning walks they have been out and I have been taking pictures when conditions were good. I felt that there were more than would be worth showing as a string of PESO's, so here is a little gallery. View if you are so inclined: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm Bruce, they look like normal poppies to me, but why they are yellow??? #1382 is the best I think. The water drops make it shine! My wife also says - the are different flowers, not like ours :). Boris
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Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! The state flower of California is the poppy. They bloom once a year so there is a short opportunity to see and photograph them. On my recent morning walks they have been out and I have been taking pictures when conditions were good. I felt that there were more than would be worth showing as a string of PESO's, so here is a little gallery. View if you are so inclined: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm Bruce, they look like normal poppies to me, but why they are yellow??? #1382 is the best I think. The water drops make it shine! My wife also says - the are different flowers, not like ours :). Boris They are actually a specific species of poppy, Boris - California Poppies - aka Eschscholtzia californica annsan
GESO - California Poppies
The state flower of California is the poppy. They bloom once a year so there is a short opportunity to see and photograph them. On my recent morning walks they have been out and I have been taking pictures when conditions were good. I felt that there were more than would be worth showing as a string of PESO's, so here is a little gallery. View if you are so inclined: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm Comments always welcome. -- Best regards, Bruce
Re: GESO - California Poppies
On 8/4/05, Bruce Dayton, discombobulated, unleashed: The state flower of California is the poppy. They bloom once a year so there is a short opportunity to see and photograph them. On my recent morning walks they have been out and I have been taking pictures when conditions were good. I felt that there were more than would be worth showing as a string of PESO's, so here is a little gallery. View if you are so inclined: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm Comments always welcome. Nice work Bruce. 1576 does it for me. Lovely. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
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Bruce, You are really outdoing yourself with nice flower pix these days! Poppies are really hard to shoot, because they move like crazy with the slightest breeze, and Murphy's/Sod's law provides a breeze whenever poppies, my camera, and I coincide. I like the fourth one the best. Rick --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The state flower of California is the poppy. They bloom once a year so there is a short opportunity to see and photograph them. On my recent morning walks they have been out and I have been taking pictures when conditions were good. I felt that there were more than would be worth showing as a string of PESO's, so here is a little gallery. View if you are so inclined: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm Comments always welcome. -- Best regards, Bruce __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com
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On Apr 8, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm A very nice poppy gallery, thanks for posting it. Godfrey
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Bruce, A nice set of images. Where abouts were they taken? I've wanted to visit the Gorman area for years but haven't made it there yet. FWIW, Geo Lepp recently published his poppy book, the result of 15 years of photographing them. http://www.goldenpoppies.com/ A wonderful book of images of all types of poppies. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:32 PM Subject: GESO - California Poppies The state flower of California is the poppy. They bloom once a year so there is a short opportunity to see and photograph them. On my recent morning walks they have been out and I have been taking pictures when conditions were good. I felt that there were more than would be worth showing as a string of PESO's, so here is a little gallery. View if you are so inclined: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm Comments always welcome. -- Best regards, Bruce
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These are lovely, Bruce, as was the flower photo you posted a couple of days ago. You have really gotten the background right. Joe
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Thanks for the comments. These were all taken around the park right near my house. Much of the park area is natural (no grooming) and affords opportunities to get images of native plant/animal life. I'm going to have to check out his book. Thanks for the tip. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, April 8, 2005, 5:52:19 PM, you wrote: KW Bruce, KW A nice set of images. Where abouts were they taken? KW I've wanted to visit the Gorman area for years but haven't made it there KW yet. KW FWIW, Geo Lepp recently published his poppy book, the result of 15 years of KW photographing them. KW http://www.goldenpoppies.com/ A wonderful book of images of all types of KW poppies. KW Kenneth Waller KW - Original Message - KW From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] KW To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net KW Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:32 PM KW Subject: GESO - California Poppies The state flower of California is the poppy. They bloom once a year so there is a short opportunity to see and photograph them. On my recent morning walks they have been out and I have been taking pictures when conditions were good. I felt that there were more than would be worth showing as a string of PESO's, so here is a little gallery. View if you are so inclined: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm Comments always welcome. -- Best regards, Bruce
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Thanks Joe. I find that the longer focal lengths really help isolate the subject better. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, April 8, 2005, 5:56:08 PM, you wrote: JT These are lovely, Bruce, as was the flower photo you posted a couple of JT days ago. You have really gotten the background right. JT Joe
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Very nice. A lot of pretty shots here with nice bokeh and beautiful color. Good work. Paul On Apr 8, 2005, at 10:45 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Thanks for the comments. These were all taken around the park right near my house. Much of the park area is natural (no grooming) and affords opportunities to get images of native plant/animal life. I'm going to have to check out his book. Thanks for the tip. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, April 8, 2005, 5:52:19 PM, you wrote: KW Bruce, KW A nice set of images. Where abouts were they taken? KW I've wanted to visit the Gorman area for years but haven't made it there KW yet. KW FWIW, Geo Lepp recently published his poppy book, the result of 15 years of KW photographing them. KW http://www.goldenpoppies.com/ A wonderful book of images of all types of KW poppies. KW Kenneth Waller KW - Original Message - KW From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] KW To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net KW Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:32 PM KW Subject: GESO - California Poppies The state flower of California is the poppy. They bloom once a year so there is a short opportunity to see and photograph them. On my recent morning walks they have been out and I have been taking pictures when conditions were good. I felt that there were more than would be worth showing as a string of PESO's, so here is a little gallery. View if you are so inclined: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm Comments always welcome. -- Best regards, Bruce
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Nice work, Bruce - beautiful shots. Are these wild flowers? All the poppies over here are garden varieties. - MCC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:32 PM Subject: GESO - California Poppies The state flower of California is the poppy. They bloom once a year so there is a short opportunity to see and photograph them. On my recent morning walks they have been out and I have been taking pictures when conditions were good. I felt that there were more than would be worth showing as a string of PESO's, so here is a little gallery. View if you are so inclined: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm Comments always welcome. -- Best regards, Bruce
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Missed the OP. On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Kenneth Waller wrote: - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 12:32 PM Subject: GESO - California Poppies http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Poppies/index.htm I saw very few, but liked 1436 and 1590 (which may benefit from some cropping). 1383 is nice composition (though again I might try cropping to put them on/close to either third), but is there something fishy about the water drops? Thanks for sharing, Kostas
