California Poppies

[Jelster]

I'd never seen/noticed this flowers until we moved into our new place and they started to show in early spring. We have 3 or 4 clusters of them, and they have been showing from mid April, and are still producing new flowers now. These were taken yesterday.

Fuji X-T3 with XC60 f2.4 & a 12mm extension tube.

I love the "traditional" droopy head which bursts into either bright orange or yellow flowers. They've been great to photograph.

Droop by Steve Jelly, on Flickr

Emerging by Steve Jelly, on Flickr

 

[Mr Badger]

Lovely detail and I like the saturated colour. Is anyone else thinking "Feed me, Seymour" when looking at that second one though?!

 

[Jelster]

Lovely detail and I like the saturated colour. Is anyone else thinking "Feed me, Seymour" when looking at that second one though?!

Funny enough, I was thinking of the "Little Shop of Horrors" when I took it...