{"id":548,"date":"2009-05-05T10:52:51","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T16:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potd.lightshedder.com\/?p=548"},"modified":"2009-05-05T10:52:51","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T16:52:51","slug":"552009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=548","title":{"rendered":"5\/5\/2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/gallery\/8100725_9erkK\/1\/#528980756_ag2A7-A-LB\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/photos\/528980756_ag2A7-M.jpg?resize=540%2C450\" alt=\"Prickly Pear\" width=\"540\" height=\"450\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prickly Pear<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prickly Pear cactus in bloom, near Kingsville TX. The challenge with PPC is always keeping the yellow from over saturating the sensor and clipping, so that you lose all detail in the highlights. For this quick shot while birding, I used -1.3 EV exposure compensation and then pulled exposure back up in Lr to get the effect I wanted, and maintain the full rich detail in the flower petals.<\/p>\n<p>Also in Lr I cropped in from the left to improve comp0sition.<\/p>\n<p>Sony DSC H50 full wide and macro. F5.6 @ 1\/1000 @ ISO 100. Programed Auto with -1.3 EV compensation.<\/p>\n<p>Added Exposure in Lightroom, Vibrance and Clarity. Landscape sharpen preset.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/gallery\/8100725_9erkK\/1\/528980756_ag2A7\" target=\"_blank\">Corpus Christi ABA<\/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-548\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=548&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-548\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=548&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=548&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>Prickly Pear cactus in bloom, near Kingsville TX. 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