poppy field, originally uploaded by bobsee.
I took a lot of photos of this particular poppy field, then, for some reason, I crouched down and filled the foreground with one of the wide ribbons of poppies spreading right across the field and as I looked through the lens of my camera I noticed these two olive trees in the distance.
Amy, has written some fabulous guides to photography, and in one of them she talks how a camera can increase your awareness. I completely agree. But, on an occasion like this, it also changes your perspective. If I hadn’t had my camera with me I just wouldn’t have seen this. Crouching down, standing up, zooming in and out with a telephoto lens, moving to different parts of the same field…….not only does all that let you see what you’d miss if you just walked or drove by, but it let’s you see the world differently, let’s you see it as if for the first time.
Look at this field. Isn’t it an inspiration? Aren’t you drawn to the invisible gate between the olive trees? Don’t you wonder about the red carpet spread across the field?
You can spend a long time in a place like this
Heroes Not Zombies 
I wonder about the other senses when I see photos like this. What does it smell like? What sounds could you hear (though if there was a highway behind you as you took the photo, maybe it’s best I don’t know…)
maybe it’s best you use your own imagination and then you can hear what you want to hear, smell what you’d love to smell…..ENJOY!
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