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Photo of the Day: Saxifraga arendsii
So far, we’ve had three (sic!) sunny and relatively warm days this spring, and I spent two of them in our local botanical garden armed with my Nikon D90 and the lightweight budget macro combo.
Despite the unusually rough (even by Danish standards) spring, there were a handful of blooming flowers, including Saxifraga arendsii. These are not the most spectacular flowers in the botanical garden, but they are pretty in their own unassuming way.
I processed the photo in digiKam using a few techniques described in the digiKam Recipes ebook. The photo is published on Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saxifraga_Arendsii.jpeg
Photo of the Day: Alpine violets
I took this photo using my Nikon D90 and a Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor lens
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Basic EXIF info:
Aperture: f/3.5
Shutter speed: 1/640s
ISO: 400
Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alpine_Violets_Shallow_DOF_(Closeup).jpg
Photo of the Day: Coelopleurus exquisitus
There is an embarrassing story that goes with this photo. Right after I took the photo, I sneezed and knocked over the camera mounted on a tripod. Of course, the lens hood of my Tamron AF 90mm f/2.8 SP Di macro lens landed directly on the delicate shell, crushing it into pieces. I’m such a klutz!
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Coelopleurus Exquisitus
Further info: http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-photos/dazzling-new-sea-urchin-species
Full-size version: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coelopleurus_exquisitus_(Macro).jpg
Photo of the Day: Plates
While I always schlepping around my trusty Nikon D90, I enjoy snapping photos with my Samsung Galaxy S II (or whatever Android device I currently use). Of course, I use digiKam for processing and organizing my snaps.
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I applied the cross-process effect (as described in the digiKam Recipes ebook) to the photo above and sharpened it a bit.
Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stacked_Colorful_Plates_(Closeup).jpg
Photo of the Day: Eschscholzia californica
The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is a perennial and annual plant, native to the United States, and the official state flower of California.
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It can grow 5-60 cm tall, with alternately branching glaucous blue-green foliage. The leaves are ternately divided into round, lobed segments. The flowers are solitary on long stems, silky-textured, with four petals, each petal 2-6 cm long and broad; their color ranges from yellow to orange, and flowering is from February to September. The petals close at night or in cold, windy weather and open again the following morning, although they may remain closed in cloudy weather. The fruit is a slender dehiscent capsule 3-9 cm long, which splits in two to release the numerous small black or dark brown seeds. It is perennial in mild parts of its native range, and annual in colder climates; growth is best in full sun and sandy, well-drained, poor soil.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Poppy
Full-size version and further info: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eschscholzia_californica_(Shallow_DOF).jpg
