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Poppy: Essence

March 29, 2020

by Michael Scandling

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March 5, 2020 — Los Gatos Creek Trail, California

A distillation.

(Nikon D850, AF-S VR Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED. RAW processing in DxO PhotoLab 3.2; Editing in Adobe Photoshop.)

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The AuthorMichael Scandling

California based fine-art photographer featuring abstract, impressionist, and minimalist seascapes — near and distant — and floral-based images. Fine-art photography can be seen at www.amagaphoto.com All original images on this blog are copyright 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Michael Scandling. All rights reserved. No images on this site may be copied, duplicated, reused, published, or re-purposed in any way without express permission from the copyright owner, Michael Scandling.

16 Comments

Adrian Lewis says
- March 29, 2020
Again, very beautiful, and Minimal too. 🙂

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- Michael Scandling says
  - March 29, 2020
  Thank you. When I cook, I do reductions well. It’s a thing.
  
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Steve Schwartzman says
- March 29, 2020
Some people enjoy living on the edge.
What did you mean by “a distillation”?

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- Michael Scandling says
  - March 29, 2020
  Distill: to extract the essential elements of; refine; abstract. I’m working on going beyond the edge.
  
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rabirius says
- March 29, 2020
Beautiful.

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- Michael Scandling says
  - March 29, 2020
  Thank you.
  
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tallulahbass says
- March 29, 2020
Fantastic

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- Michael Scandling says
  - March 29, 2020
  Thank you.
  
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Christopher Bull says
- March 29, 2020
Such simplistic Beauty you’re able to pull from , as you say, what Mother nature provides. Do you keep info or thoughts as to just how much work has to go into such an image?

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- Michael Scandling says
  - March 29, 2020
  Thanks very much, Chris. Different images take different amounts of time in post processing. I spent a couple of hours on this. Trying various approaches and accepting or rejecting them and then refining, refining, refining.
  
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Steve Gingold says
- March 30, 2020
Another very nice image, Mike. It really does distill the flower’s form to a lovely essence and with the dark background the color is rich and pleasing.

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- Michael Scandling says
  - March 30, 2020
  Thanks very much, Steve.
  
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marina kanavaki says
- April 1, 2020
Oh, my, how did I miss this exceptional beauty?!!!!! It’s essence captured!

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- Michael Scandling says
  - April 1, 2020
  🙏😊
  
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bluebrightly says
- April 3, 2020
It seems like a votive, or a cup, and also as if it was made of wax. It’s interesting how much the nature of something can be pushed and pulled and changed at will. 🙂

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- Michael Scandling says
  - April 3, 2020
  Thank you very much and I did push and pull at will.
  
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