The best laid plans

A couple of weeks ago I noticed a stunning looking poppy field close to the Country Park.  I have been longing to take a picture of poppies glowing in the sun.  I therefore set off on one of the hottest days of the year to get my shot.

However, what hadn’t been apparent was that the poppies were in the middle of the field, and nowhere near the bits I could get to.  This is the best shot I could get without trampling the farmer’s crops – not really the thing to do.

I decided to make the best of it – the idea was to concentrate on the lonely poppy in the foreground and try to get the blurred poppies in the background to provide a context and a contrast – a single poppy against a mass of poppies.

Things to be improved – many – the most obvious is the seed head in front of the poppy – a pair of shears would have been an ideal addition to my photography kit.  I also think a few more poppies in the foreground would have helped, as would a better sky, it was mainly a sunny day with a blue sky and fluffy clouds, except for the time during which I was taking photos.  Also, more poppies in the background would have been better – or maybe edge to edge poppies – as I was initially hoping for.

In order to actually get anything in shot I had to use my macro lens, ISO200, 1/160secs at f/11.