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California's Flower and my 400th


California's Flower and my 400th
Photo Information
Copyright: Janice Dunn (Janice) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3274 W: 268 N: 7772] (33174)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-11-20
Categories: Daily Life, Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Tamron AF28-300 XR
Exposure: f/8, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Flowers, Yellow [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-09-22 3:52
Viewed: 773
Points: 34
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
California Poppy
(Eschscholzia californica - Papaveraceae Family)

The California Poppy is the California state flower.
It was selected as the state flower by the California State Floral Society in December, 1890, and made official in 1903. Its golden blooms were deemed a fitting symbol for the Golden State. April 6 of each year is designated 'California Poppy Day'.

These beautiful flowers are free branching poppies with finely divided leaves of bluish-green. Their four petalled satin-soft petals are single, and are most commonly bright orange and yellow. They are shaped like tiny cups and are long lasting. They always close at night, opening again in the morning with a blaze of colours.

When I first saw these last year I was won over to them immediately. Gorgeous colours, especially in the sun. I would love to go see them growing naturally in the wild. . .

By the way, they don’t not contain opium.

And I've just realised that this is my 400th posting on TrekLens.

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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To Dawn: See you soon!Janice 1 09-24 05:43
To degetica: Thank you, thank you...Janice 1 09-22 06:47
To katya534: Thank you...Janice 1 09-22 06:44
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hi janice,
its great macro,
nice flowers.
Congrulations.

CAGLAYAN

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  • pozaru Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3582 W: 737 N: 2410] (19118)
  • [2006-09-22 4:05]

Congratulations Janice for all your wonderful photos !
Gorgeous bright color to celebrate this great event.


stay well,
v

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  • juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2646 W: 1 N: 1268] (15457)
  • [2006-09-22 4:13]

Hola Janice,
Muchas felicidades por todo este tiempo y todas tus imágenes...bonito macro, gracias y saludos

Hi janice,
Congratualations on your 4ooth
Nice composition, color and depth of field!
Have a nice day
stefaan

Hai Janice,
Congratulation with your 400th. Very nice flower, wonderful color,
Gr, Jacqueline

Hi janice,
Congratulations with your 400th upload. This is a great milestone and shows your dedication to TL.
I love the composition of this photo, with a pefect DOF and excellent colors. Love the top down view.
TFS,
Niek

Beautiful Flower image and a great note with.
Good work, Janice.
Jan

wow, Janice, 400.....I hope I'll see your 1000th:))

great yellow here, LOVE that colour.

the DOF is outstanding and the whole composition has a wonderful balance.

Sabina

400th??? Wow, that is an impressive record! Congratulations and I assume we will see 1000 at some point too. :)

Beautiful flower shot.

Katya

wow janice... amazing colours...I like the composition and macro effect too!
especially appreciating your interesting note... now I know more about what is in my garden! TFS meagan

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  • lucbus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2115 W: 92 N: 1856] (10317)
  • [2006-09-22 6:50]

Hi Janice,
Congratulation for your 400th. I always enjoy seeing them.
What a beautyful photo to start the day with. The colors make it look like a bright sunny day. Very well done.
Greetings
Luc

hi janice!
wonderful flower for your 400th post, excellent.
i wish you many, many more photos...
TFS
zoran

Janice...felicitaciones ! on your 400th photo shared with us Thanks ! Great capture...lovely scene, beautifully composed, captivating/warm colours...a "dream"...
Saludos, Robert

WOW..Janice!

And what a way to celebrate your 400th photo! Such beautiful vivid colours and a fantastic DOF! My only little nit pick is that it's a little noisy but that's just me :))

Very well done & presented
Constantinos

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  • glint Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 620 W: 3 N: 531] (3606)
  • [2006-09-23 16:13]

Hello Janice,
a golden flower to celebrate a golden occasion. Well done for this and all the rest!
Bev

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  • puffy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1791 W: 128 N: 3006] (16617)
  • [2006-09-24 1:20]

Hello my friend,

Yes, it is a beautiful colours, I was drawn to it with the thumbnail too. Excellent details, POV and sharpness. It look a bit like a paper flower too... hehehehe Great macro shot my dear, thanks for sharing,

Cheers,
Sweety

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  • Dawn Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1134 W: 100 N: 3363] (17532)
  • [2006-09-24 5:36]
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Hi Janice... Congrats on your 400th photo on TL.. and a lovely colourful one at that... nicely composed and good BG.. well done my friend...

Having a busy time here... trying to sort out my 3000 odd photos... and putting them in some order..

Cheers Dawn

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