White Poppy
A little 5 year old girl called Piper gave this to me when I collected her big sister for a play-date at our house. How sweet…and how perfect: it’s like she knew!
I hadn’t photographed a Poppy before, so I had a little play-date of my own :)
Canon EOS 30D
Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lens
f/5 ISO 100 Shutter Speed 1/4 second
White Poppy belongs to the following groups:
** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), *A Beautiful Blur, All About Flowers, Canon DSLR (One Image Per Day & A Canon Camera Must Be In The Description Before It's Accepted), Fabulous Flowers, Nature's Wonders and Vibrant and Vivid Color Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters
Rachel Stickney
Wow, I love this, Angie! The flower is so pretty and the background makes the flower pop! Instant fave!
AngieBel replied
Wow YOU Rachel – I’ve never had a shot Favourited within the first minute of posting!!! Thank you for that AND your kind comment :)
Michael Walters
tehe, I love how she did that for you and clearly could see that you looked like a lady that need to take some macro shots:) I love how delicate this is. You captured every little detail from the fuzzy bits on the bud to the stem. The light is spot on as always and love that background, perfect colour to accompany this poppy. The composition is also just brilliant. You really have such a brilliant eye Angie, im really loving this shot:)))
AngieBel replied
:))) Yes, apparently I have that ‘look’ about me. That’s perfectly normal right? It was the first time I’ve tried a shooting with a background like this so I’m very glad you think it works! Thank you so much for your super kind words and always being so very supportive of my work :)
Marcus Jones
Beautiful work. I’m glad you posted it
AngieBel replied
Thanks for saying that…and also for the advice & honest opinions that I can always rely on that help me improve :)
melant1017
Very pretty, love the purple bg :)
~A
AngieBel replied
Thanks so much Antonio…I’m happy that you like it!
Cora Wandel
Beautiful colors and composition!
AngieBel replied
How kind! Thank you Cora :)
Steve Chapple
Wonderful detail, yet still retaining it’s softness and delicacy. Beautiful colours.
AngieBel replied
Thanks Steve…I’m happy that you think I achieved those things :)
Gethin
great macro.. i love the point of view and shallow depth and isolation against the purple.. well done!!
AngieBel replied
:) Thanks! You’ve been very generous about my work today and I really appreciate it!
Robert Jenner
Great detail Angie….. love the colours
Rob :))
AngieBel replied
Hi Rob! Thanks very much :)
Béla Török
Oh Angie, this macro is soooo beautiful!
AngieBel replied
Wow Bela….what a lovely comment! Thank you so very much my friend …and for the Favourite too :)
rosedew
Lovely
AngieBel replied
Thank you so much rosedew!
Biggzie
Excellent … I like how you have the hairs on the stem in focus too … Personally I would have stopped down a little more to get more of the Anthers in focus, but dont take that as anything wrong with your image … The Stigma details are excellent
Well done
AngieBel replied
No offense taken! I appreciate your input :) I did have some others where the anthers were sharper, but then the petals didn’t have the dreamy cloud-like appearance of this shot. In the end, it was the formation of the petals that kept drawing me back to this one, even though I realise that there is perhaps too much OOF area. Marcus saw the image earlier in the week and certainly expressed the same opinion as yours, and I agree! Oh…and thanks for teaching me a new word: “anthers”...it’s so much more efficient than saying “all those green bendy pollen thingies”! :)
Charles Dobbs ...
Love the colors!
AngieBel replied
Thank you so much Charles! It’s been a dark week for us here in Australia…I needed to give myself a dose of bright & cheery :) I’m glad you like it!
Alessandro Pinto
wonderful flower.. Awesome image !
AngieBel replied
Thank you kindly Alessandro :)
BlaizerB
wow this is awesome! cheers
AngieBel replied
Cheers to you too! Thanks for the great comment…much appreciated :)
Antanas
lovely work
AngieBel replied
Thank you sincerely Antanas :)
Sprinkla
Great shot! love the focus on the centre buds.
Sam:)
AngieBel replied
Thanks Sam…glad you like it :)
Robyn Carter
Don’t forget to add it to the Avatar Challenge!
Jan Bickerton
What a beautiful shot. Love the yellow stamens, they have such energy! Congrats on your feature.
AngieBel replied
I love your Comment Jan, thank you. Describing the stamen as having ‘energy’ is perfect!
Rosy Kueng
Congratulations on your feature Angie!!! How wonderful…
AngieBel replied
It is wonderful indeed, thank you for your kind words Rosy!
Rachel Stickney
Congratulations on your feature, Angie! Well deserved!
AngieBel replied
Aww, thanks Rachel, you’re always so kind :)
PS…I know I owe you a bmail….SO far behind over here!!!
Sensiworld
A beauty !
Congrats with feature !!
AngieBel replied
Much appreciated Sylvia!
Yool
Beautyful!!!!
AngieBel replied
Thank you Yool :)
Nick Hunt
Great shot, love the colour. Sorry I missed it earlier, have been busy lately…. cheers!
AngieBel replied
Thanks Nick…I was happy with the colour too…it was my first time working with a background like that…so I may do a bit more of it now!
AmaraPhotograpy
i love poppies, and this is so pretty,x.
AngieBel replied
I do too…so glad I finally got to shoot one! Thanks for your kind words :)
Brian Haslam
Looks good, sharp and clean.
micklyn
Lovely lovely lovely macro! you’re very talented!
AngieBel replied
Wow…that’s quite a compliment coming from someone who takes such amazing photographs! Thank you so very very much :)
Edyta Pelc
Awesome macro!
Kristina K
gorgeous love the purple back ground :)) k