After our long hard Southern Maine winter, I almost missed the first Crocus. The snow was barely off the Crocus patch when I left for two weeks in Texas and California. I came back to find the Crocus beginning to fade. There is still one brave plant in full bloom, so, of course, I had to photograph it!

Sony NEX 3NL with 16-50mm zoom. Macro (Intelligent Auto Plus) @ 75mm equivalent plus 2x Perfect Image Zoom for 150mm equivalent field of view. In intelligent Auto, you can fine tune the settings. I used the “background defocus” tool to shift the exposure for the greatest possible depth of field. f29 @ 1/160th @ ISO 800. Processed in Snapseed on my tablet.