Blue After the raindrops
Walk round my home town visiting a garden set up in the centre of the town by volunteers called the Botanist Garden and was very impressed by the quality work ...
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Walk round my home town visiting a garden set up in the centre of the town by volunteers called the Botanist Garden and was very impressed by the quality work and in awe of the Blue Poppies and the beauty of nature after the rain .
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Jun, 2017Views
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Awards
Action Award
Chatter Award
Winner in Blue flowers up close Photo Challenge
Zenith Award
People's Choice in Flowers Photo Challenge
Top Shot Award 22
Legendary Award
Winner in Luminescent Blue Photo Challenge
Peer Award
Top Choice
Absolute Masterpiece
Superb Composition
Outstanding Creativity
Magnificent Capture
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Superior Skill
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AnneEdward
August 15, 2017
Yes it certainly is the Blue poppy (Meconopsis betonicfolia) on of my favourite Flowers.
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LittleBitCountry
October 01, 2019
Beautiful photo. Congrats on winning Luminescent Blue Photo Challenger , there were 1,590 entries, well deserved .You also finished second in peoples choice.
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AnneEdward
October 04, 2019
Thank you very much I am overjoyed at winning this award & this photo has always been a favourite of mine than you for passing on the good news it made my day ????
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AnneEdward
October 04, 2019
I am delighted at winning this award and over joyed at with the brilliant feedback I’ve received
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JayneBug
October 01, 2019
Luminescent indeed. Simply gorgeous. Congratulations on your award winning image and capture.
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llowzz
October 01, 2019
Congratulations on your Challenge Win ! Afraid they wouldn't let me award it again !!
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KristinaOers
October 06, 2019
Wonderful! Thank you for joining my beautiful blue blooms challenge! Good luck :-)
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Location
This photo was taken in my home town .I love exploring local areas and I'm am very keen on gardens & I made a point of popping into this small garden near the local car park as it was quite new to the town had I had never explored it and decided I would take my camera on my next day off . The Garden is called the Botanist Garden and run by local volunteers . On the day I was slightly disappointed when it started drizzling with rain.The garden was a treasure and was so excited to see the blue poppies (Meconopsis betonicifolia ) my favourite flower ever as I love the the beautiful blue colour. So as it transpired the rain became my best asset to enhance my blue poppy.Time
I arrived at the garden late morning around 11Am ,as I've said it was lightly rain but not too dull .Lighting
The lighting was fine considering it was light rain the background wall was great for the composition of the photo .Equipment
On this occasion I used my compact camera Sony HX90V which is easy to carry around as apposed to my Nikon camera . The settings were ISO 80 F/5 1/200 I was happy with the image. No flash /tripod used .Inspiration
I was inspired to take this photo as I love Blue Poppies, to me they are perfect and I just love nature ,exploring my local area and this botanist garden was a Gem, the majority of my photographs are taken locally. I often post my photos on local FB pages groups and have had them selected and printed for local calendars I enjoy my local community.Editing
The only post processing I did was a basic enhancement to colour & sharpen the image .In my camera bag
I normally have my other camera Nikon and 70-300 zoom lens in my backpack.Feedback
Just use the conditions /weather to your advantage as this makes the photograph stand out from the crowd. In this photograph raindrops were the winning recipe to enhance the Blue Poppy and my photograph will always remain a firm favourite of mine which I will treasure forever I am super proud of it .So if you enjoy photgraphy just get out there and explore your local area so much more out there than you think !
