I think fields of red poppies are so very difficult because of the colour. No doubt it was their eye catching colour against the perfect complimentary backdrop of the golden corn that really caught your eye but capturing that can be hard. Do you go for the full scene to capture the colour or do you lose the impact and go in closer? I think with photos like this you do need to be clear just what was your motivation for taking the photos in the first place. I think robs photo doesnt work because it does neither show the full impact of the colour nor close in on a more detailed portrait and so as he says he has lost what he was looking for in the first place.
I often find with composition that if you really have to stand and study a particular scene then it will never work as well as one that hits you immediatly.
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