Wild Strawberry
I still have several images from St Augustine I want to share, and I will get to them I am sure, but I want to give you a break from birds 🙂 . Suddenly the yard, and every vacant patch of waste ground, is covered with Wild Strawberry blooms. Such promise. Unfortunately I never see berries on these plants. I think something eats them long before they ripen. This plant is in our yard and is presented here 1/3 again life-sized (at least on my 1366×768 screen). The camera was sitting on the ground and I was using the flip out LCD for composition. The flower was actually inside the lens hood. 🙂 The late overcast day provided gentle indirect light. Perfect.
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Canon SX20IS at 28mm and Super Macro. F2.8 @ 1/1000th @ ISO 200. Programmed auto.
In Lightroom, a small amount of Recovery for the whites. Blackpoint slightly right. Added Clarity and Vibrance. Sharpen landsccape preset. Cropped slightly from the left for composition.
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