California Poppy Macro
by Nick Boren
Title
California Poppy Macro
Artist
Nick Boren
Medium
Photograph - Photograph - Digital
Description
Description Information by www.50states.com
California Poppy
Eschscholtzia californica
California Indians cherished the poppy as both a source of food and for oil extracted from the plant. Its botanical name, Eschsholtzia californica, was given by Adelbert Von Chamisso, a naturalist and member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, who dropped anchor in San Francisco in 1816 in a bay surrounded by hills of the golden flowers. Also sometimes known as the flame flower, la amapola, and copa de oro (cup of gold), the poppy grows wild throughout California. It became the state flower in 1903. Every year April 6 is California Poppy Day, and Governor Wilson proclaimed May 13-18, 1996, Poppy Week.
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April 27th, 2013
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Comments (22)
Jyoti Vats
This is a perfect click. Loved the dew drops. You are very talented :) and i appreciate your comments on my artwork. Thanks you so much for your kind comments :)
Nick Boren replied:
Thanks so much for your nice comment Jyoti... and compliment. I think your very talented as well and I love visiting your site. :-)
Nadine and Bob Johnston
Your Unique Work of Art was Published in -The Internet Weekly... ARTISTS NEWS today. Thank You for giving us permission... - http://paper.li/f-1343723559# --- If you go to the paper, click SHARE, and you Subscribe, you can Tweet, Facebook, or even Email a copy to Friends, Relatives and others, so they can see the Publication in the ARTIST NEWS. Your Art is one of our FAVORITES today... We do not always have the time to Comment on all work submitted, but just had to leave one on this beautiful piece of work.
Nick Boren replied:
Thanks so much Nadine and Bob for publishing my image in the Internet Weekely and Artist News today. Thanks also for the nice comment you left me here for this image.. I'm glad you like it so much. :-)
Nick Boren
Thanks for featuring my poppy image in the self-taught artist group and the I love photography group. :-)
Eti Reid
Oh Nick.....this is my favorite combination, red/orange with green:) And the droplets ...mmm..dreamy:) f/v
Nick Boren replied:
I'm glad it's your favorite combination Eti and thanks so much for your nice comment. :-)
Jane Small
Nick,this has such an astonishing simplicity and pure "orange-ness" that I am inventing words for it!!Your artistry is so brilliant.v/f
Nick Boren replied:
I'm so pleased you like it Jane... and thanks ever so much for the nice comment. :-)
Mindy Bench
Fresh and lovely, Nick you are so talented! f/v
Nick Boren replied:
Well that was so kind to say Mindy and thanks so much for your nice comment. I really appreciate that. :-)
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