Posted August 5th, 2009

Poppy in Foxtails

Foxtails are a favourite photographic subject for their soft texture and glowing beauty. In this case, however, I employed them as a sort of filter, shooting through them at close range with the lens wide open and focused on the poppy. This is a popular technique to create impressionistic images but the fine, fibrous structure of the foxtails adds some flowing texture to the composition. I think the subtle striations may be a product of light wave interference because the grain heads themselves are too far out of focus for their texture to record directly.
Pentax K10D, Kiron 105mm f/2.8 macro @ f/2.8