Poppy – with another dandelion seed !! 200th Post

I realised after I’d posted this that it’s actually my 200th Post so adding this in  😀

Thanks to all followers and those who comment.. what fun I’ve had so far.

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So you thought I was finished with the dandelion seeds and so did I but a few weeks ago I saw another one hanging from the head of an unopened poppy just outside my kitchen door so what could I do but photograph it !

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You can see the posts in the original Dandelion series  by clicking on the yellow link

Below is the first photo I took went indoors and was happy enough with the shot but a couple of hours I went back out to have another look and the poppy had opened just a little producing a much more colourful shot

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I noticed at the back of the flower, just where the stalk joins it, there was a green-fly so I took a quick photograph of it too but only noticed when I looked at the photo on the computer that there was a baby green-fly too 🙂

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Finally I thought I’d show a selective colour shot.

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Stuart I know you won’t be impressed but there might be more poppy shots to come !! and at this point can I apologise yet again for being soooooo far behind with my blog reading and comments..

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If you’d like to you can read my other blog 1500 Saturdays here  

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28 thoughts on “Poppy – with another dandelion seed !! 200th Post”

  8. These are terrific images – beautifully composed, crisp, and so much more than just cold representation, especially the one with the greenfly.

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  13. Oh these are really excellent, Helen, these are really up there with your best! I love all of these pictures, the whole lot – with two especially good.

    First, the one with the poppy head and the greenfly – the greenfly is great, but the poppy head looks like something out of the Alien films – I just love those moist looking, almost glutinous white hairs / tendrils on it – certainly something not of this planet! This could easily be a poster – maybe with the greenfly lightened just a little bit.

    And then the bottom one – you’ve got that selective recolouring spot on – strange and epic shot!

    Also its worth looking at the backdrops. I would have urged the use of black, but actually I think that the top shot might benefit from the very muted green and black backgrounds seen in the two shots below it. All good stuff! Adrian

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    • Oh thank you so much Adrian.. I love to get your critique as you know. The selective colour shot was actually done in camera just after I’d taken the shot as I immediately thought it would work.. I don’t know how to do recolouring !! Oh so much to learn!

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