antelope valley poppy reserve

This one is from last week out in the area by Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve. While waiting for the Milky Way to rise up over the hill I had a camera set up in the opposite direction to capture the Crescent Moon. With shooting at night, even if the moon is small and crescent shaped any exposure...

I ran out to the Poppy Reserve in Antelope Valley California. I found the Poppies are definitely Popping! :) It was a day looking like it would rain the closer I got there, and when I got within a mile, all of a sudden out of no where the wind picked up and was blowing in the 25 to 30mph range...