Return of the orange poppies

Posted on May 31, 2023

They’re back. Not so many as yet this year, but still providing a vibrant splash of colour.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Colourful monochrome

Category: Flowers Tagged: Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Close-up, Colourful, Orange poppy, Poppies

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‘Floating’ Poppy

Posted on March 11, 2021

A bit of bokeh and a judicious angle makes this orange poppy appear to be floating in mid-air.

CMMC: Orange

Category: Flowers Tagged: Bokeh, CMMC, Orange, Orange poppy, Poppies

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Orange Poppy

Posted on October 21, 2020

Cee is lookung for a combination of orange and green for her Fun Foto Challenge this week. With the stem invisible, this wild orange poppy appears to be floating freely against a green background.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Orange and Green

Category: Flowers Tagged: Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Green, Orange and Green, Orange poppy, Poppies, trompe d'oeil

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52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 19 Ageing

Posted on May 10, 2020

“It’s the same story the crow told me, it’s the only one he knows

Like the morning sun you come, and like the wind you go”

– Grateful Dead: ‘Uncle John’s Band’

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About three years ago, we scattered some seeds of an orange poppy and they keep coming back every year, providing splashes of vibrant colour all over the garden. Like life itself, they come, they age and then they go.

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52WeekSmartphoneChallenge 19

Category: Flowers Tagged: 52 Week Smartphone Challenge, 52WeekSmartphoneChallenge, Ageing, lifecycle, Orange, Orange poppy, Poppies, slideshow, Wild Flowers

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Tuesday Photo Challenge: Backyard

Posted on September 4, 2018

Not in my backyard…but in my mother’s.

The almost translucent heads of these three stray poppies, sneaking under the fence from next door, stood out really well against the wooden fence. My new(ish) iPhone captured them pretty sharply, I think.