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If there's one flower that symbolises Normandy, it must be the poppy.
All through the summer months these vivid flowers line the country roads and fields of this part of France, and have come to symbolise the blooodshed that occured in this area during the First World War.
This example was blooming in a wildflower garden, tucked away behind the Musée des Impressionnismes in the Normandy village of Giverny, home of Monet and other artists.
Carefully fenced off, but with walkway access all round, this is a gem of a place, and Liz and I spent at least an hour here, wandering round admiring and photographing the poppies and other flowers before heading into the museum for a look at the exhibition of American impressionism that was on at the time.
The paintings in the museum were very lovely, but couldn't compare with God's creative beauty on display for free, just outside.
Filename - poppy 02.jpg
Camera - Canon EOS 5D
Lens - 100mm macro
Exposure - 1/250sec @ f2.8, ISO100
Location - Giverny, Normandy, France
This image - 533x800px JPEG
Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2
Comments - Large aperture used for shallow depth of field.
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