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Poppy Bokeh



Poppy Bokeh, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.

I left this Icelandic Poppy (Papapver nudicaule) out in the rain. Still in its pre-planting pot, I photographed it in the waning light after the rain ended. The thirty second exposure with the lens stopped all the way down produced excellent bokeh (smooth and pleasing background blur in a photo).

Related links: Wet Poppy Bud, Little Shop of Horrors, my Poppy set on Flickr.

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One Response to “Poppy Bokeh”

  1. Photoblog 2.0: » Photoblog 2.0 Archive: » White California Poppy Says:
    June 5th, 2007 at 7:23 pm

    […] 200mm macro lens to create focus on the water drop near the stem of the flower and a nice bokeh background effect. Inside the house, the kids were running wild, and I was glad to be out in the […]

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