Very nice Jack. Wonderful exposure to keep the details in the petals. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PESO: Success! > 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.
