Woman Among Purple Lupine Blooms in Urban Field
Sunday, March 15th, 2009 at 10:19:50 PM · 2009/not_a_cornfield_flowers/cf_hdr/PhotomatixResults1/PhotomatixResults1
A woman named Penelope crouches smiling among a vast field of blooming purple lupine wildflowers, which stretch to the horizon in every direction. The image was processed with HDR tone-mapping (Photomatix), giving the scene a vivid, almost surreal quality with intensely saturated purples, blues, and greens. In the background, urban infrastructure is visible including residential buildings on a hillside, a train or light rail line, an arched bridge, and communication towers. The setting appears to be the Los Angeles State Historic Park area, formerly known as the 'Not a Cornfield' project in Chinatown/Lincoln Heights, where the field was famously planted with wildflowers. The mood is joyful and celebratory, capturing a rare and fleeting natural spectacle within an urban environment.
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