Break the Rules

Rule of odds - nope
Rule of thirds -nope
Fill the frame - nope
Leading line -nope
Framing -nope
Landscape landscape - nope

Looks good- yep- esp on black

[Sarah Bremner]

I just love poppies. So fragile in the fields and verges.

[Susan Wakely]

You rebel. looks good though.

[Carole Sandford]

There is an exception to every rule! As long as it is pleasing to your eye, it matters not! Like the red block in the background.

[Mallory]

This shot is just so fabulous. Love the background.

[Hazel]

Love it! It's never my luck to find a field of red poppies.

[Louise & Ken]

Lovely...just for the pleasure of it!!!

[Anne]

Booootiful poppies!

[Valerie Chesney]

Gorgeous Poppies on a great background/

[amyK]

I vote for “Rule of Jackie”

[KoalaGardens🐨]

great result!

[Esther Rosenberg]

Rules are meant to be broken.
Very pretty

[FBailey]

What a sight - sadly not at all common these days

[Kathy]

Lovely poppies. I might have cropped out the field of poppies in the background as it pulls my eyes away from the one ones in front.

[katy]

Actually I think you inadvertently did follow the rule of thirds! At any rate your use of color has made this a spectacular photo And on black just accents the gorgeous light

[Shutterbug]

Sometimes the rebel shot is best and so satisfying. Beautiful capture.

[haskar]

Great pov and dof.

[Rob Z]

Breaking all the rules made it catch your attention - and the block of red in the background helped hold it all together. Super result! :)

[Merrelyn]

Sure does, lovely shot Jackie.

[JackieR]

@merrelyn thank you
@robz I wanted to show off the field, interestingly @randystreat Kathy would prefer it not there!
@haskar it's what I wanted
@shutterbug49 didn't realise I'd broken rules until uploaded
@grammyn on second look I think you're right
@randystreat I wanted to show off that gorgeous field and not just have the poppies
@fbailey so to see 4 in one view was amazing
@dutchothotmailcom but they help mostly
@koalagardens to thanks
@amyk Oh yeah!!!
@happysnaps they were glorious! Common in my childhood less so now
@365anne many up your way in East Anglia??
@Weezilou I grinned- a lot!!!
@quietpurplehaze not far from mottisfont!
@sunnygirl thank you
@carole_sandford that was field two, I was in field one
@wakelys no deer or ladybirds though
@sarah19 but seeds very hardy

[Sally Ings]

I like this although I do agree with Kathy slightly that the field of poppies in the background draws my eyes away from the poppies in the foreground but I feel to totally crop it out would flatten the picture. I do like the flow between the foreground and background. I might try cropping the sky out so that the poppy field is the edge of the picture.

[JackieR]

@salza thank you Sally! Nice ideas