Wildflower Poppy Bognor Regis - a photo on Flickriver

This shot was taken on a recent visit to this small area of seeded wildflower meadow a few miles from home next to the seafront at West Park, Bognor Regis. There is an interesting background to this. Starting 2014 the local District Council in association with the Royal British Legion started seeding small areas of public land with poppies and other wildflowers in commemoration of the First World War 100th anniversary. The programme runs from 2014 to 2018. A really nice idea though nobody thought to put up a sign and I found out about the back story through the internet. This year there are far fewer poppies than last year though a lot of the blue wild flowers.

It was not an ideal day for flower shots being very windy. The camera used was a Sony A550 with a Sigma 28-80 zoom with a macro function at 50mm. Taken on a Tripod. Not a lot of processing was required. A single image with a little RAW editing. Then Topaz Clarity for more detail applied to the poppy only using a layer mask.. A slight vignette was added.

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Arun District (show map)

Taken on: July 21, 2017

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Camera: Sony DSLR-A550, f/5.0, 1/1250 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSLR-A550
Lens:	28-85mm F3.5-4.5
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
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