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Midsummer Dreams


Midsummer Dreams
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Copyright: Christian Stocker (ChristianS) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1017 W: 60 N: 809] (2939)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06-23
Categories: Festivals
Camera: Nikon D70, AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8, SanDisk CF 1.0 GB, B+W KR-1,5 Skylight
Exposure: f/8
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-06-24 3:51
Viewed: 1865
Points: 56
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A poppy field at Annetorp in the outskirts of Malmö. Yesterday it was the Midsummer Eve, a national holiday and one of the most popular festival days in Sweden. Today we celebrate midsummer on the Friday and Saturday between the 20th and 26th of June. Midsummer is an old pagan celebration associated with fertility in hope to bring a good harvest at the end of the summer, but at the same time even a christian holiday to commemorate John the Baptist.
The poppy flowers are closely associated with the Midsummer and are one of the flowers picked to make a garland with summer flowers which is worn by people during the celebrations.

deano, PixelTerror, paulw, Tue, Floydian, kermit350, bakes888, arturo, robiuk, aznegrao, sabyasachi1212, MikiM, Angelillo, alford, gneufeld has marked this note useful
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Bonjour Christian
très beau cadrage vertical avec une belle succession de couleurs. Très belle lumière
Bravo
Xavier

Hej Christian,
You nearly got the French flag here ;-))
A nice summer composition that shows vivid and appealing colors, the nice clouds add interest to the sky.
Have a nice week end,
JEan-Yves

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  • paulw Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 610 W: 55 N: 278] (1973)
  • [2006-06-24 4:31]

Very colourful photo. Great DOF. Such a lovely image. Well captured. TFS.

Hi Christian
This is a beautiful shot. I like the way you have framed leaving an expanse of sky. The colours and the sharpness are first class. My compliments.
Best wishes
Mark

BONjour christian,
like a color fest red,green white and blue
compliments
cengiz

Hi Christian, You have well captured the bright colors and the nice contrast in this picture. I like your PoV and well tuned saturated colors to this picture. Nice depth and excellent clarity.

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  • veve Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 505 W: 13 N: 587] (4221)
  • [2006-06-24 16:49]

Hello Christian!
Very beautiful place!
Nice colors red with blue!
Excellent summer picture!
Regards,
Veronica

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  • Tue Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5114 W: 56 N: 7203] (23065)
  • [2006-06-24 17:37]

Hej Christian,
A lovely view with the poppy field in front of that house. The clouds and trees are a fine addition too and I like the colours and sunlight. Good picture for Midsummer!
Hälsningar,
Lars

Very nice composition Christian, In enjoy colours so strongs. An composition and POV are very good. Well done.

Hi Christian,
The contrast between for and background is wonderful, a perfect eye leading composition. Low angle view which creates a lot of depth.
Great shot.
Regards, Henk

Hello Christian, it is excellent and coloured well this before plan, for a framing or colors and clearness is extremely aesthetic, it is a pleasant and refreshing photograph, sincerely

Hi Christian. Wow what vivid colours you have captured in these flowers. Great POV shows off this scene to the best also.
TFS. Cheers, Paul.

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  • cbrman Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2683 W: 287 N: 3417] (12742)
  • [2006-06-27 1:47]

Hello,

Une superbe image colorée. J'aime beaucoup le contraste de cette photographie. La composition est très bonne. Il manque juste une personne pour donner un peu de vie sinon, le point de vue est excellent.

A+

Dominique

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  • bigtim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 526 W: 68 N: 232] (3058)
  • [2006-06-28 16:20]

Exellente composition Christian le ciel est magnifique et le champ de coquelicot rouge vif sort vraiment de l'ordinaire!
Bravo
tiM../.

Hi Christian,

beautiful colours & contrast in this excellent "executed" composition...you managed to get the feeling of the season very well with this red poppy foreground...good note which reminds that many of the so called pagan traditions were later adapted & used by christianity when it took over...cheers, arturo

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  • robiuk Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1962 W: 172 N: 2214] (9509)
  • [2006-06-30 16:51]

Absolutely amazing poppy field, Christian.
Looks like an illustration for a fairytale - a really good rural setting with houses and trees behind!
Robi

Hi Christian!!
Esse é realmente um lugar lindo colorido. O enquadramento está irrepreessivel e muito equilibrado e com otima combinação de cores.
Rgds.
Friend.
aznegrao.

Great joy of live in this photo Christian, the houses give a special touch that I like. I also like how the colors get accidentaly organized: Blue-Red and a bit of white and green in the middle. I like it.

Hi Christian,
Very beautiful picture! Lovely foreground leading to the hut. Good DOF with nice lighting and colors. TFS!
Regards, Jino

Hi Christian
Beautifull composition with the frame well shared in different colors.
The poppy flowers are still beautifull to capture but here you get so many !
Well done
Bertrand

Hi Christian,
It is almost like a picture postcard. Excellent colours. Right things at the right place makes this a perfect picture.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

HI Christian,
I like this picture very much with its rich colors and the low angle position.
I made a very simple workshop - I hope you don't mind.
Congrats,
Miklós

This is a really good shot Christian. The composition is very good and the poppies fill the forground beautifully.
I can't help thinking that this would have been even better if you had used a polariser. A deep blue sky would have given this excellent shot even greater impact.
Good work.
Ben

Hi Christian, i won't stop to make you compliments cause your gallery is stupefying, awesome pictures ... really.
This one is marvelous, composition is brilliant, i love the red "ground" with those poppies, a beautiful natural picture.
All my congratulations

Beautiful light and composition here.. well done! Regards, Doug

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  • deano Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 88 W: 1 N: 22] (98)
  • [2006-08-01 5:39]

Hi Christian, excellent shot. A poppy field is on my list of things to photograph but don't think I will get to do it this year. You have shown this one very well. I like you vertical approach to the composition and the way you have shown the building and trees just above the flowers.However I think I would have shown more of the flowers at the bottom of the frame and less sky at the top. Beautiful colours and lighting.
Well done and TFS.
Dean.

*Sorry no longer using points so can't award smileys*

Hi Christian. A shot very stunning, with this red so intense at the bottom. It's like a fire. The soft blue and the green balance very well. Very well chosen the vertical format. Very beautiful. Thanks.

Christian
Composition is very well balanced with equal amounts of vibrant colour at both the bottom and top of the picture
Regards Colin

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  • alford Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 812 W: 43 N: 1013] (3738)
  • [2006-10-04 19:10]

Hi Cristian! This is beautiful! With the red roses and the house/barn in the backyard, you made a very nice composition! The low POV worked very well! I also love the sharpness and colors! rgds!

Hi Christian,
Wow, what a great shot. The POV, the colors, the clarity are perfect and thank you for sharing details around the Midsummer celebrations in your country. Great work and thanks for sharing. Gerald

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