Christmas Cactus

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I have not had anything to share for Floral Friday for months now. It is certainly the non-flowering season in Southern Maine, and I have been concentrating on other things…birds and bugs…on my trips further afield. But this week, our faithful Christmas Cactus, now many years old, proved it was worth tending it during its long dormancy by bursting into bloom…just in time for Christmas!

I have been playing with natural light shots. This is from a fair distance, 4 feet or so, using the long end of the zoom on the Samsung Smart Camera WB800F and Smart Auto Macro. Dedicated Macro Mode on the Samsung auto sets the zoom to about 28mm, but Smart Auto Macro allows similar results at all zoom lengths. Go figure. ISO 800 @ 1/20th @ f5.8. 408mm equivalent field of view.

Processed in Snapseed on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014. Gamma decreased slightly in dev.macgiver’s Photo Editor. Cropped slightly for composition.

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