Great shot, Jack. Gives me something to aspire to. Light on my shot was mostly flash, through the lightsphere. It had gotten cloudy and dark by the time I got around to shooting the poppy. You can see it's starting to close, whereas your poppy is wide open. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Congratulation! You're the proud parent of at least one beautiful golden > California Poppy. ;) > Ideal exposure appears to have been made out of the direct sun and, perhaps, > in > "portrait" mode.(?) > All that remains of this past spring's local crop are their weed like > blossom-less stems. They're considered perennial, but are very unpredictable > as > to their numbers. > Thanks, Paul, for giving me an excuse to post "My Poppy". :)) > > Jack > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=313 > > > > --- On Sun, 6/22/08, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: PESO: Success! > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008, 8:38 PM > > I doubt that anyone remembers, but early this spring I asked > > about > > wild California poppies and whether or not they could be > > cultivated > > here in the midwest. My best friend, who lives in Santa > > Barbara, had > > given me some seeds, and I was determined to grow some > > flowers. Well, > > my California Poppies are blooming-- several months later > > than they > > bloom out there on the coast. But they're looking good. > > I shot a pic > > of one with the K20D, the Vivitar 90/2.5 macro, the 540 > > flash and the > > lightsphere in dome up mode. Not a great pic, but it does > > confirm > > that I have indeed grown a wild California Poppy way back > > here in > > Michigan. > > Paul > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7441564 > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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