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Ed Knepley | all galleries >> Photo a Day (PAD) since 5/04 >> may_05_pad > 5/17/05 - Red Poppy
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17-MAY-2005

5/17/05 - Red Poppy

I've been waiting for the Virginia highway median wildflowers to begin blooming. Another week or two & things should be nice. Right now a few poppies have started. I walked for quite a way looking for an isolated poppy with some contrasting color in the vicinity. This was the best that I could do for now. Needed the long lens to do this since walking in amongst the newly sprouting wildflowers didn't seem to be a good idea. Shot from the median perimeter on route 211 in Amissville (& the wind from passing vehicles made getting a motionless poppy virtually impossible). The best time is very early on a weekend morning - no natural breeze, no traffic and good light.


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Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography18-May-2005 18:59
Very nice image, great DOF :)
Steven Jusczyk18-May-2005 05:22
Beautiful palette.
Herb 18-May-2005 04:06
Very nice
Coleen Perilloux Landry17-May-2005 23:34
Gorgeous. Let's hope the highway department doesn't mow them down like they do in Louisiana--at the peak of the wildflowers bloom.