Himalayan Blue Poppy #2

[Bob Miller]

i took a whole series of shots of this remarkable flower at Longwood Gardens in Pa.

Nikon D3s
1/8 sec at f16
ISO400
180 mm Tamron macro

All comments welcome! if you saw my first posting....i would appreciate knowing which you like better

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Bob, this is gorgeous. Love the composition and tones. Really like the hairy stem and that blue is great. My only nit and it is very minor is to clone out the touch of green in the LRC.

[bhavya joshi]

Beautiful Flower and Taken.. I Really Like the Colors and Compostion.. Hairy Details Is Fantastic. TFS..

[Julie Kenward]

Bob, I think you nailed this one. Everything is sharp, beautifully saturated and so well composed. Excellent image!

[Dennis Bishop]

Beautifully done, Bob. Great composition, colors, and detail.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great detai and light on this. I really like it against the black

[Ken Childs]

Definitely my favorite of your shots of this flower! Great lighting, comp, colors and BG!

I looked into growing these but they won't work in a hot, humid climate like I have here. :-(

[Anita Bower]

Excellent image. Gorgeous colors. Especially love the details. I have a slight preference for this one over your previous one, but, both are good. How did you achieve the very dark bg?

[Bob Miller]

HI Anita ....as i remember there was a shadowed area behing the blossom that went dark in the exposure. I also may have done some darkening in PS