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The Essence

            Californian Poppies.

I planted these last year in my garden for the first time and quickly fell in love with them. 

They’re not really poppies at all but I can see why they’re called that. They produce a profusion of flowers over a very long period, all delicate and wispy. And the flowers go to sleep at night!

But the overriding association I have with them is simply their colour. It’s just a remarkable orange and I can’t think of them without the word orange poppying into my mind :)

I thought I would try an put that into this image, taken in August last year. So here we have it: orange, the essence of a flower (at least from my perspective lol).

For Friday Flora.

Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Friday Flora (and weekend) :)

[Handheld in bright daylight.
Developed in Capture One.
Touched up in Affinity, converted to mono in Nik Silver Efex with lots of contrast and darks, and structure in the highlights. Adding back the selective colour in SEfex was straightforward with multiple control points grouped together.
Dark vignette in Affinity.]

Taken on: August 16, 2020

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Sets appears in: • Software: Nik Filters • Group: Friday Flora more » • Colour Theme: Orange • Subject: Flowers « less

Groups appears in: • Freitagsblümchen - friday flora

Camera: Nikon Z 6, f/3.2, 1/8000 sec, 105mm, ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon Z 6
Lens:	Nikon AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Aperture:	f/3.2
Exposure Time:	1/8000 sec
Focal Length:	105mm
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Capture One 21 Windows
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