Greece - poppies

During our travels through Greece - late May / early June - it was almost impossible to miss the poppies. Whether it’s surviving between the ancient stones of ruins or flamboyantly splattering on the green fields, we found those striking red ‘paparounes’ everywhere.

Googling around I found out that poppies in Greek mythology were used as symbols of sleep and death. In ancient Greece, the poppy was associated with the god of sleep - Hypnos - and the god of dreams, Morpheus. The drug morphine, got its name from Morpheus.

Tibby Owles, Enielle Labarbe, Thémis, Clémentine Sibille Hanin and 87 other people have particularly liked this photo

86 comments - The latest ones

Schussentäler ^club

Mohnblüten sind herrliche Farbtupfer in der Landschaft

22 months ago.

Tacheles

Prachtig, Jaap.
Goedemorgen.

22 months ago.

Cämmerer zu Nau ^club

Diese Nahaufnahme ist scharf bis ins kleinste Detail. KLASSE.

22 months ago.

Jadviga Grase ^club

Nice, Jaap !!!
I want to be in May :)

22 months ago.

Guydel ^club

Belle série ! Vivement leur retour ! J'adore les coquelicots et leur rouge flamboyant ! Amitiés Jaap !

22 months ago.

John Cass ^club

Wonderful image, great detail, lovely PIP's.

22 months ago.

Laura Perinelli ^club

Bellissimo a giugno portano l'allegria dell'estate! Ciao Laurs

22 months ago.

Annemarie ^club

marvelous series Jaap

22 months ago.

Rosalyn Hilborne ^club

A beautiful main picture Jaap and I love the field views in the PiP's.

22 months ago.

Champland ^club

J''adore les coquelicots mais il y en a de moins en moins

22 months ago.

Madeleine Defawes ^club

Beautiful well taken poppies !
Have a nice week

22 months ago.

sasithorn_s ^club

Superb detailed macro in the main photo and such amazing poppy fields in PiPs!
Have a great week, Jaap!

22 months ago.

TOZ ^club

Super Image Jaap
Regards TOZ

22 months ago.

Adriana Grecu

Une merveille!

22 months ago.

Hansruedi Voegele ^club

Sehr schöne Aufnahmen!

22 months ago.

RHH ^club

Beautiful flower and photo, Jaap.

Have a great day and a great week.

22 months ago.

Pat29

That is so Marvellous Jaap

22 months ago.

Danielle ^club

Une BEAUTÉ+++++++++++=

22 months ago.

Betty【ツ】 ^club

Exquisite, like the first pip !

22 months ago.

J. Gafarot ^club

Wonderful +++ colors and definition.
Mi compliments Jaap !

22 months ago.

Dean Morley (mostly… ^club

Helemaal mooie foto's, Jaap, van deze prachtige bloemen. :-)

22 months ago.

Proxar ^club

nice one

22 months ago.

Ulrich John ^club

Mohn ist sooo wunderschön ! Hab ne gute Woche, Jaap !

22 months ago.

Keith Burton ^club

Awesome macro shot Jaap....................and beautiful accompanying PiPs. I shall be on the look out for poppy fields this year - I failed to find any last year..!!

22 months ago.

Janet Brien ^club

Oh Jaap...what a glorious floral show!! Gorgeous crimson beauties. You got so many lovely pictures of them, how wonderful. I enjoyed reading how prevalent they are around Greece. I do know that people sprinkle seeds everywhere to help spread them, as they are a sign of memorial and beloved in Europe for this reason. Did you see other colors or shades as well? This "blue-red" is my favorite of the reds with its deep, rich tones. The orange-red poppies are lovely too but do not have the strong color. Then there are all the other colors and mixtures. So many lovely flowers!!

Thank you for the show, totally breathtaking!!

22 months ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club
has replied to Janet Brien ^club

Can not remember having seen other colours.

22 months ago.

Pics-UM ^club

Herrliche Farbe. Kann ich gerade gut gebrauchen bei dem Wetter. Sehr schön. Gruß Uwe

22 months ago.

Beatrice Degan(MARS) ^club

Glorious portrait and splendid macro of this richly red Poppy !
thank you so much, Jaap!

22 months ago.

Hélène Lombard ^club

Excellente et splendide macro !! Bravo

22 months ago.

cammino ^club

Wonderful!

22 months ago.

Kawasirius ^club

Belle capture de ces coquelicots Jaap ! Aujourd'hui j'ai vu les deux premiers de l'année, ils sont bien en avance.

22 months ago.

Nicole Merdrignac ^club

Superbes photo et notes. Nicole.

22 months ago.

Jeff Farley ^club

Magical Jaap, a superb shot.

22 months ago.

Soeradjoen (away for… ^club

Een prachtige macro, Jaap.
Heel veel detail en kleur.
Mooi ook zoveel in het veld.

22 months ago. Edited 22 months ago.

Soeradjoen (away for… ^club

Admired in: # ✿ Nos amies les fleurs ✿ Our friends flowers ✿ #

22 months ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club

Marvelous macros Jaap, superb colour.

22 months ago.

Peter Castell ^club

A beautiful floral image, and very different for you Jaap

22 months ago.

Jean ^club

Wonderful close up.

22 months ago.

Honza

Lovely shot !

22 months ago.

Claudia G ^club

Superbe cadrage, couleurs et détails !

22 months ago.

GrahamH ^club

Magnificent macro Jaap. Thanks for showing it together with how the poppies grow.

22 months ago.

JiPR ^club

Soon poppies are back...

22 months ago.

Rainer Blankermann ^club

Eine schöne Serie.
Ich wünsche Dir eine gute Woche, Jaap!

22 months ago.

Wierd Folkersma ^club

heel mooie serie Jaap

22 months ago.

Luciano Favretto

Ancora presto per questi bei papaveri...bella foto

22 months ago.

* ઇઉ * ^club

Wonderful series, Jaap!

22 months ago.

Kenny

Excellent series Jaap

22 months ago.

Colette NoËl ^club

Wonderful poppy !

22 months ago.

╰☆☆June☆☆╮ ^club

Excellent, well done.
Have a great day.....

22 months ago.

Luz •.¸¸ ㋡

Uma beleza!

22 months ago.

Valfal ^club

This is gorgeous, Jaap; I love the series!

22 months ago.

RHH ^club

Congratulations on Explore, Jaap.

22 months ago.

RHH ^club

www.ipernity.com/group/frontpage

22 months ago.

Esther ^club

A lovely series on these flowers.

22 months ago.

Clyde Sostand ^club

Outstanding

22 months ago.

Karen's Place ^club

Such a pretty poppy series, Jaap!

22 months ago.

•●•Line,

excellente série!

22 months ago.

Percy Schramm ^club

Wonderful sharpness and many beautiul pictures of poppies.

22 months ago.

Gudrun ^club

They make for a very welcome splash of colour!

22 months ago.

neira-Dan ^club

magnifique !!! la vraie croix du Papaver rhoeas

22 months ago.

Ruesterstaude ^club

Klasse!

22 months ago.

ROL/Photo ^club

Très très belle.. cette robe d'une danseuse Espagnole

22 months ago.

natur' ELLE ^club

joli ! ************

22 months ago.

Meral Alkim

Grossrtig,lieber Jaap!

22 months ago.

Christel Ehretsmann ^club

somptuous !

22 months ago.

Nora Caracci ^club

superb close up and red !
very beautiful poppies' fields too !

22 months ago.

Susanne Hoy ^club

What a lovely flower!

22 months ago.

cp_u ^club

excellent!

22 months ago.

Trudy Tuinstra ^club

heel erg mooi

22 months ago.

Rainer Blankermann ^club

Eine sehr schöne Serie. Prächtige Aufnahmen vom Mohn!

22 months ago.

Graham Chance ^club

Superb series Jaap. Lovely detail in the main image. The landscape in PIP1 is my favourite.

22 months ago.

Rodolphe Nicolas

J'adore la photo

22 months ago.

Magnifica!!!!!

22 months ago.

Alda - not often her…

cool pattern and line work!

22 months ago.

Lucette ^club

Joli *****

21 months ago.

Hubs 56 ^club

good Job- I like the red of poppies

21 months ago.

Misou 49 ^club

Superbe !

21 months ago.

Colette NoËl ^club

Great picture !

21 months ago.

Thierry Deville ^club

this beautiful poppy in close-up

21 months ago.

Luke Kulischewski ^club

super Aufnahme

20 months ago.

Treasa Ui Cionaodha ^club

Outstanding shot of this poppy Well done Jaap Regards Tess.

20 months ago.

Valeriane ♫ ♫ ♫¨* ^club

belles captures ! j'aime les coquelicots******************

20 months ago.

Betty【ツ】 ^club

Beautiful !

20 months ago.

HelenaPF ^club

Une magnifique close up Jaap! Un très beau rendu!****************************

14 months ago.

Enielle Labarbe

Vraiment beau c'est rare si beau

13 months ago.

Tibby Owles

How beautiful

11 months ago.

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