191/365: "Where light and shadow fall on your subject - that is the essence of expression and art through photography." ~ Scott Bourne

3 pictures in notes above! :)

Steve and I decided a while ago that we need to start getting up earlier and we've slowly worked our clock back so that now I am getting up before 7am, and sometimes as early as 6am! How insane for a nightowl like me! But I've always loved the early morning when I'm up, so I'm getting a wonderful reward every time I get up.

This morning I stepped outside and found at least half a dozen poppies that were open or in the process of doing so. In shades of pinks and also red, I even noticed a little ruffled white one accented with a bit of pink blush that was shyly opening its face near the ground. I took many pictures and then gave all the flowers water as the sun peeked over the hill and began to shine rays of warmth upon all of our faces.

Once again I got my camera and took another set of pictures, and as I walked back and forth around the plot, I watched the way the sun made the petals glow and how the whole impact could change with just one step forward or back.

Crouching low, I looked at the poppies from under the petals, and the angle of the sun created magnificent lens flares which magnified the amazing scene I was witnessing. I got many pictures, and I'll show another favorite in a week or two!

Scott Bourne is a new media producer, consultant, photographer, author, lecturer, teacher and technology enthusiast. Wikipedia: Scott Bourne

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