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31-MAR-2005

3/31/05 - Closed Spring Beauty

This little beauty would look like this - http://www.pbase.com/ed_k/image/41406084 - if it would open. Cloudy, dreary day kept it closed - they only open when the sun shines. It was windy so I needed a shutter speed to freeze the motion. I was looking down into the flower & wanted the pink part in focus so I needed to stop down. Ultimately, I had to go to ISO 1600 as a compromise between fast shutter speed and adequate DOF. Life is about compromises. For perspective, the blossom is about 1/8 inch across (about 1/4 cm?).

Nikon D70 ,105 Nikkor (1:1) plus 1.4x TC
1/80s f/22.0 at 105.0mm iso1600 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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