California Poppy Reserve
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From: tony cooper on 26 Apr 2010 18:25 On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:53:48 -0700 (PDT), Twibil <nowayjose6(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Was riding my bike back home from Tehachapi yesterday afternoon and >almost ran off the road as I crested the saddle leading down into the >Antelope Valley: the entire twenty-some miles of hillside stretching >between Palmdale/Lancaster and Gorman was painted with huge orange >swaths of color. (And this was from 30 miles away, mind you.) > >I'd seen the California Poppy Reserve in bloom before, but this year >the flowers absolutely outdid themselves. > >So I continued due south until I ended up on a tiny winding dirt road >surrounded by several thousand acres of blooming Poppies, and parked >the bike long enough to take a couple of snaps: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727(a)N03/4553183353/sizes/o/ > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727(a)N03/4553799196/sizes/l/ > >Something that I couldn't photograph but wanted to: a pair of Basset >Hounds who were taking turns chasing each other around through the >flowers at their best speed. > >Why no photos? > >Because when Basset Hounds are running around through fields of >Poppies, all you can see are two madly wagging tails zig-zagging back >and forth among the blooms. > >Short legs. > >~Pete Image #2, cropped and straightened and without the motorcycle, could be an entry in the "Wallpaper" Shoot-In. Shot much closer to the flowers, though. The dirt road has no interest. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: Twibil on 26 Apr 2010 18:55 On Apr 26, 3:25 pm, tony cooper <tony_cooper...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Image #2, cropped and straightened and without the motorcycle, could > be an entry in the "Wallpaper" Shoot-In. Shot much closer to the > flowers, though. The dirt road has no interest. Easy solution, Tony: Fly to California (State slogan: "We've got no active volcanos just now".) and take all the poppy pics you want -leaving out the dirt roads- then crop 'em as you choose and enter them wherever you like. What could be simpler?
From: G Paleologopoulos on 26 Apr 2010 18:56 "Twibil" <nowayjose6(a)gmail.com> wrote news:81790701-5f2f-4503-b95d-dd841fa80c33(a)i9g2000vbh.googlegroups.com... > >...blather... > > ~Pete Nice bike, troll
From: Gary Edstrom on 26 Apr 2010 19:04 On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:56:40 +0300, "G Paleologopoulos" <gpaleo(a)ath.forthnet.gr> wrote: >Nice bike, troll It's not even a good shot of his bike!
From: Truman on 26 Apr 2010 19:08
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:53:48 -0700 (PDT), Twibil <nowayjose6(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Was riding my bike back home from Tehachapi yesterday afternoon and >almost ran off the road as I crested the saddle leading down into the >Antelope Valley: the entire twenty-some miles of hillside stretching >between Palmdale/Lancaster and Gorman was painted with huge orange >swaths of color. (And this was from 30 miles away, mind you.) > >I'd seen the California Poppy Reserve in bloom before, but this year >the flowers absolutely outdid themselves. > >So I continued due south until I ended up on a tiny winding dirt road >surrounded by several thousand acres of blooming Poppies, and parked >the bike long enough to take a couple of snaps: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727(a)N03/4553183353/sizes/o/ > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727(a)N03/4553799196/sizes/l/ > >Something that I couldn't photograph but wanted to: a pair of Basset >Hounds who were taking turns chasing each other around through the >flowers at their best speed. > >Why no photos? > >Because when Basset Hounds are running around through fields of >Poppies, all you can see are two madly wagging tails zig-zagging back >and forth among the blooms. > >Short legs. > >~Pete What a shame that someone wasn't there that knew how to compose an image properly and knew how to use any camera properly. Better luck next time. |