Poppies of spring line the doubletrack at sunset in Montana de Oro State Park, California. My father-in-law and I found this spot earlier in the day. As luck would have it, a thunderstorm rolled through perhaps 30 minutes before (providing the bright clouds at upper right). The wind was blowing like crazy, so in the original photo, there was a good deal of blurring. It's a fine photo, but in the name of artistry and fun, I ran some Photoshop painting filters on it until I had an effect I liked.

Thunderstorm and poppies at sunset, in Montana de Oro State Park, California. It was really windy when I took this shot, making for a bit of an exposure challenge. Luckily (?) my D200 was in the shop so I borrowed my friend's D300 (which does much better at ISO 1600). I also like this image after running it through a Photoshop watercolor filter, too; both images are in this gallery.