opium poppies 8/8

Posted by JCJ (Troyes, France) on 25 June 2012 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

it's the (short) period of pink flowers in the countryside... they are not numerous but each year, one can see opium poppies in the openfields. it's of course for medical use! see this article: http://www.larecherche.fr/content/actualite/article?id=10446

Panasonic DMC-G2
1/2000 second
F/5.6
ISO 100
600 mm (35mm equiv.)

opium
poppies
pink
fields
champagne-ardenne
france

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