Buds on the Blueberry Bush
I photographed these buds on 3-22-09, at 1:08 p.m. in very bright sunlight. The blueberry bush was growing beside a pine tree beside an alligator pond in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (in GA).
Camera: no tripod, no flash, Canon 55-250 mm lens set at 187 mm, aperture priority (f/16.0), 1/250, ISO 400, exposure compensation set on -0.33
Edits in Picasa 3: sharpen, straighten (to move the stem more on the diagonal), custom crop, soft focus, "I'm Feeling Lucky" tool
Contest: Details (March 2009)
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Uploaded on March 24, 2009