The black-and-white photograph is taken from low to the ground, so the viewer looks up toward the poppy buds and the clouds above. The poppies seem to tower above, and a field of them spreads at least 100 feet into the background.

The black-and-white photograph is taken from low to the ground, so the viewer looks up toward the poppy buds and the clouds above. The poppies seem to tower above, and a field of them spreads at least 100 feet into the background.

Michael Burgholzer, a programmer, lives near Salzburg and has published poems and photographs in German language and American literary journals. He has won several local literary awards.