{"id":5329,"date":"2014-08-05T06:26:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T10:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=5329"},"modified":"2014-08-05T06:26:25","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T10:26:25","slug":"northern-blazing-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=5329","title":{"rendered":"Northern Blazing Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wpid-dsc00377_zed20140804_125742_4608x3456_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"DSC00377_zed20140804_125742_4608x3456_1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wpid-dsc00377_zed20140804_125742_4608x3456_1.jpg?w=904\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is August on the Kennebunk Plains (it is August everywhere of course) and August on the sand plains means Blazing Star. This endangered member of the aster family has a stronghold on the Kennebunk Plains and I always feel privileged to live as close as I do. I photograph the bloom every year. As usual, I will be traveling at the height of the season, so I went out to the plains yesterday to see if I could catch the early bloom. And indeed a few pioneer plants were showing full color. And such color! <\/p>\n<p>Sony HX400V. 85mm equivalent field of view. Macro. ISO 80 @ 1\/800th @ f4. Processed in Snapseed on my tablet.<\/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-5329\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=5329&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-5329\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=5329&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=5329&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>It is August on the Kennebunk Plains (it is August everywhere of course) and August on the sand plains means Blazing Star. This endangered member of the aster family has a stronghold on the Kennebunk Plains and I always feel privileged to live as close as I do. I photograph the bloom every year. 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