{"id":1634,"date":"2010-08-18T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sipotd.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/18\/8182010\/"},"modified":"2010-08-18T06:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T11:40:00","slug":"8182010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1634","title":{"rendered":"8\/18\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Saco-Heath-09\/8390803_N4Ymu#962529305_nG3qq-A-LB\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Saco-Heath-09\/IMG0121\/962529305_nG3qq-L.jpg?resize=643%2C484\" width=\"643\" height=\"484\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Cotton Grass<\/h4>\n<p>(Still in Germany)<\/p>\n<p>On the bog in August, about the only thing <em>blooming<\/em> (or looking like it is blooming), is the Cotton Grass. These tuffs of cottony fiber with their attendant spears dot the marsh and provide contrast with the blueberries that make up the mass of the surface vegetation. I got down low, using Macro on the SD4000IS for this shot (really missed the swing out LCD on the SX20IS!).<\/p>\n<p>Canon SD4000IS at 28mm equivalent and macro. F2.8 @ 1\/640th @ ISO 125. Programmed auto.<\/p>\n<p>In Lightroom, Blackpoint right, added Clarity and Vibrance, and Sharpen narrow edges preset.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Saco-Heath-09\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saco Heath<\/a>.    <\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1634\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1634&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1634\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1634&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1634&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cotton Grass (Still in Germany) On the bog in August, about the only thing blooming (or looking like it is blooming), is the Cotton Grass. These tuffs of cottony fiber with their attendant spears dot the marsh and provide contrast with the blueberries that make up the mass of the surface vegetation. 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