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Bishop's Cap

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Posted by Tim Mulholland on May 23, 2008 at 11:35 AM
Bishop's Cap
When I was out shooting the other day, I also found this tiny flower. Again, this is a flower that I've seen many times in my nature guides, etc., but I've not seen/noticed it before. One of the reasons that I've likely missed it is because these blossoms are TINY - on the order of the size of, of, ... of, something really small! ;) A pinhead is too small, and a pencil eraser is too big.

Enjoy and have a safe & pleasant Memorial Day Weekend!
Posted by Joel Truckenbrod on May 23, 2008 at 11:45 AM
The shallow depth of field makes them look smaller for some reason. I like it, I'd maybe consider cropping the bottom just above the obstruction in the lower left corner. Good eye to find them!
Posted by Tim Mulholland on May 23, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Yup, I see your point about the cropping!

And, I wasn't in the mood quite yet to use my tripod, so needed to handhold, and thus the wide-open aperture on the macro... f/5.6, 1/90", ISO 400

Tim!
Posted by Kerry Leibowitz on May 23, 2008 at 5:20 PM
Agreed on Joel's crop suggestion (you could clone, of course). I like the selective focus you have working here.