Heavenly Poppy
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Heavenly Poppy
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Original Img_1883
Description
The small, fragile, brilliantly red and purple poppy is probably the world's most popular wildflower. A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, Papaver somniferum, produces edible seeds, and is also the source of the crude drug opium which contains powerful medicinal alkaloids such as morphine and has been used since ancient times as an analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational drugs. Following the trench warfare which took place in the poppy fields of Flanders, during the 1st World War, poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime. Poppies can be over 4 feet tall with flowers up to six inches across. The flowers have 4 to 6 petals, many stamens forming a conspicuous whorl in the centre of the flower and an ovary consisting of from 2 to many fused carpels. The petals are showy, may be of almost any color and some have markings. The petals are crumpled in the bud and as blooming finishes, the petals often lie flat before falling away.
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July 11th, 2018
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Comments (22)
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congratulations! Your lovely floral photography has been featured on the home page of the rising star group, The 200 Club. Please archive it in the appropriate discussions.
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks Barbie! Honored to be featured on THE 200 CLUB home page of the rising star group.
Jennie Breeze
Thanks Stefano! Appreciate the feature in your 10 PLUS art group. Wonderful way to start the New Year 2023.
Elizabeth Reich
Such a lovely color palette, really like how you captured the Poppy's velvety texture. Congratulations on your A Woman's Touch feature.
David Neace
Congratulations, your work is featured on the homepage of "Created by Southern Artists
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks David! Great to be featured in your CREATED BY SOUTHERN ARTIST art group.
Alex Lapidus
Congratulations, your image has been featured in the Experimental Photography group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the 2022 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page).
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks Alex! Wonderful to be selected & featured in the EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPY art group.
Gary F Richards
Outstanding poppy composition, lighting, shading, stunning red color and artwork! F/L voted
Jennie Breeze
Thanks Colette! Appreciate being selected and featured in your ORANGE-YELLOW-RED art group.
Gary F Richards
Spectacular floral composition, lighting, shading, stunning colors and artwork! F/L voted
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