This is the time of the year when poppies explodes, spreading the bright golden color over miles and miles of fields and hills of California. With the heavy rains this year the abundance of blooming poppies is overwhelming all the way from Mojave into costal area along 101 Hay to Monterey-Carmel and further up North San Francisco. Visiting friends from Monterey I had the chance to enjoy the beauty of this incredible display of colors. | ||||
Enjoy these shots as much as I enjoyed!
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California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) the state flower of California, is native to the Pacific slope of North California. California's orange Poppy flowers grow fast in spring growth. Clouds, blue sky with regular rain storms and dusting of winter snow on the mountains. In this heavenly slice of California called Monterey it most certainly does. It was selected as the state flower by the California State Floral Society in December 1890, but the state legislature did not make the selection official until 1903. | ||||
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The intense blooming season for the California poppy falls usually within late winter to early spring, during the months of mid-February through mid-May. Blooming seasons are dependent on the amount of rainfall during the winter to early spring seasons. | ||||
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Arina, what tremendous color these poppies have. You are a great photographer to get such clear close shots!! Who's the photo of that good looking one with the poppy behind the ear? : ) Oh, that's the photographer ; ) Beauty everywhere!! Flowers and smiles. It doesn't get any better than that.
Arina~What an amazing field full of beautiful flowers. I'm in awe over the pictures you have taken. This is my famous question when I see photos of such great quality, but what kind of camera are you using? Have a wonderful weekend.
Julie, I have a digital camera - OLYMPUS - 8Megapixel and I set the camera to max. definition HQ 3265 X 2448 that create a large image that I can crop and manipulate the image, reducing the size...etc The result is a sharp picture with high definition.
Thank you for coming to my post.
PS. It was not too expensive but a great tool.
Gary, Do you know that the poppies in Europe are dark red and mix beautifully with green leaf background. Never seen the orange or pink color there.
They are beautiful, fragile and delicate...
I just love them.
Beautiful photos of the poppies - I took one of poppies last week in an area called Newport Coast because I thought it was so beautiful.
Sharon, I know what you mean... It's impossible to resist the temptation. They are to beautiful. Thanks for coming.