Today Cathi and I drove out of town and up into the neighboring mountains to look at lots for sale. The place we fell in love with had a huge live oak tree to one side and granite boulders near the front. At the street side, there were scads of California poppies growing. They're everywhere in the mountains around here.

This picture is from right at the street side. I love these poppies. The color is so deep and so rich, it almost hurts to look at them!

The only thing I tweaked was the unsharp mask to bring out the detail and a little of the levels to increase contrast.