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Sagebrush Buttercup

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Posted by Marc Dilley on March 25, 2008 at 12:49 PM
Sagebrush Buttercup
Yesterday after work my wife and I managed to get in quick hike up a ridge above town to watch the sunset, which was fair to middlin'. The first Yellow Bells, Blue Bells and Buttercups were out in abundance and I got off a few decent shots, including this one. I may post a sunset image later, depending on how the processing turns out.

Whoops, forgot to bring the RAW file to work with me, so can't provide any tech data.
Posted by Catherine Reilly on March 25, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Ah, that is a lovely trail marker, Marc. Nice shot.
Posted by Adrian Klein on March 25, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Aahhh yes, spring is here... well not really with the snow level at 1k ft all week but this photo reminds us that it's close!
Posted by John Williams on March 26, 2008 at 9:48 AM
I'm definitely ready for spring, glad to see it's starting to trickle in!

One nit comment, it looks like the reds may be blown or close to blown on some of the petals. I've been playing with some photos of my own that tend to do this, and have noted that I lose some of the subtle detail in the flower if one of the channels blows or plugs. For me, I found the detail was usually in the raw, but I had to be careful with my conversion to keep the detail in.