{"id":5014,"date":"2014-04-25T06:35:56","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T10:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=5014"},"modified":"2014-04-25T06:35:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T10:35:56","slug":"the-crocus-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=5014","title":{"rendered":"The Crocus of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wpid-dsc02317_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"DSC02317_1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wpid-dsc02317_1.jpg?w=904\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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!<\/p>\n<p>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 &#8220;background defocus&#8221; tool to shift the exposure for the greatest possible depth of field. f29 @ 1\/160th @ ISO 800. 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