Poppy within barley field
Barely field with a nice red poppy in front. The background is beautifully unsharp exploiting the nice bokeh of the 35mm lens....
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Barely field with a nice red poppy in front. The background is beautifully unsharp exploiting the nice bokeh of the 35mm lens.
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July 12, 2016
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Location
I took this photo in a barley field nearby my apartment at the city border of Bern in Switzerland.Time
When coming home from work, I discovered the nice poppies in the barley field and just fetch my camera from home and went back to the barley field at around 17:00 CET.Lighting
I wanted the picture to have a sunny lighting. As it was a sunny day without any clouds in June, the lightning was perfect and did not required any further equipment such as flashes or reflectors.Equipment
This was shot on a Canon 7D with a Tamron SP 35mm F1.8 Di VC USD lens without a tripod. I used an exposure of 1/1000 s at the max aperture of F1.8 to get a shallow field of depth with a beautiful booked.Inspiration
Having seen some pictures of corn flowers and poppies in grain fields before and discovering the nice poppies in the barley field when coming back from work, I immediately had the idea to take a picture of a fully isolated single red poppy within a grain field in the foreground showing the grain field and the horizon out of focus in the background.Editing
I have only done minimal adjustments of the raw picture in Adobe Lightroom, i.e. tone adjustments, in order to get a more vibrant shot. In detail, I have reduced the exposure and highlights slightly, increased the shadows a little bit, increased the whites and reduced the blacks.In my camera bag
I usually pack my Canon 7D with the Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD zoom lens in my bag. Depending on the situation, I then take either my prime lenses Tamron SP 35mm F/1.8 Di VC USD and Tamron SP 85mm F/1.8 Di VC USD (e.g. street photography) or the excellent tele-zoom lens Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM and/or the Sigma 10-20mm F4-5,6 EX DC HSM wide angle zoom lens (e.g. when hiking in the mountains). When doing some macro photography or portraits, I often use my Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM. If I just want to have a "smaller" camera , I use my Canon M3 and the EF-M 22mm lens and one of the EF prime lenses with adapter. This is usually the equipment which is all the time in my notebook bag. When doing some photography within the city center, I like to use the Canon M3 with adapter and the Lensbaby composer with Sweet 35mm lens.Feedback
When taking a similar shot of a poppy within a grain field, I would advice the following: - Select a sunny day (day light conditions) with no too much wind. Strong winds make focusing the poppy correctly very challenging. - Use a prime lens (35mm, 50mm or similar) or a good standard zoom lens - Position the camera on the same height of the petals of the poppy flower or slightly below. Try to show the horizon within your frame. - Try to focus just the poppy and play with field of depth, i.e. adjust the aperture to just have the petals of the poppy in focus and the remaining foreground and background out of focus with a nice bokeh.
