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Challenge: Centered Composition III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8 ED
Location: Briones Regional Park, Martinez, CA
Date: Apr 5, 2008
Aperture: f/9.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Landscape, Floral
Date Uploaded: Apr 5, 2008

 Went up for a hike Saturday at this great park in the East Bay Hills. Poppies have been amazing this year, but I think there are only a few weeks left before they start to fade and disappear. Been trying to get up there for the last couple weeks, then made a point to do it this weekend to capture this kind of shot for this challenge. Came out pretty close to my pre-visualized expectation. I just wish this was advanced editing ... not so much for the editing, but so i could make the picture BIGGER!

Spent a good bit of time looking through the field for just the right poppy to shoot, and spied this one while I was lying on the ground shooting one of its neighbors. Shot this one prone as well, getting as close as I could with my 14mm lens without throwing a shadow on the flower. Sun was behind me and a bit to the left.

Statistics
Place: 40 out of 380
Avg (all users): 6.1857
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 6.0211
Avg (non-participants): 6.3217
Views since voting: 1204
Views during voting: 293
Votes: 210
Comments: 8
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/15/2008 01:29:54 PM
nice background, the central flower really pops out for me :-)
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 04/15/2008 12:42:43 AM
Very cute wide angle shot!
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 04/13/2008 07:47:31 PM
Love this POV... The DOF is right on.
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 04/11/2008 12:01:31 PM
very nice
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 04/11/2008 06:09:31 AM
Very nice use of the theme in this - works well in my opinion.
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 04/10/2008 11:41:55 AM
very nice photograph. DOF is very well used to pull my eye right to the center of the composition which is where your subject lies. Great job 9
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 04/10/2008 09:43:46 AM
I might have chosen a higher angle so that the main poppy isn't so close to the horizon.
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 04/09/2008 11:48:09 AM
The flowers work quite well but the uneven skyline spoils the symmetry.
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