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            I heard there were poppies up near Ditchling Beacon so headed up there, I was so lucky with the sky, this is 100% how it was, no PhotoShopping needed. Such a beautiful day. 

The Poppy is an angiosperm or flowering plant of the family Papaveraceae. Ornamental poppies are grown for their colourful flowers; some varieties of poppy are used as food, whilst other varieties produce the powerful medicinal alkaloid opium which has been used since ancient times to create analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational drugs. Following the trench warfare of the 1st World War which took place in the poppy fields of Flanders, red poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime.

Poppy flowers have 4 to 6 petals, many stamens forming a conspicuous whorl in the centre of the flower and an ovary consisting of from 2 to many fused carpels. Poppies can grow to be over 4 feet tall, and 6 inches across. The petals are showy, may be of almost any colour and some have markings. The petals are crumpled in the bud and as blooming finishes; the petals often lie flat before falling away. The poppy will become dormant after blooming. Poppies are in full bloom late spring to early summer. 

Photographed on the South Downs near Ditchling Beacon,  just outside Brighton, East Sussex, UK.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / East Sussex (show map)

Taken on: June 27, 2016

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Camera: Nikon D7100, f/11.0, 1/100 sec, 10mm (=15mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7100
Lens:	10.0-24.0 mm f/3.5-4.5
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	10mm (35mm equivalent: 15mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC (Windows)
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