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Crocuses

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These crocuses were really tiny, a few centimeters may be. I used a simple 70 mm lens but enhanced the whole image in Photoshop CS4 afterwards. Several hours of work to get the results I wanted (better focus & details, better colors, better framing...).

There is no specific meaning in this image. The main thing I wanted to express when I took the photos is the way fragile little things can appear big and strong sometimes, and beautiful of course. A modest ode to Mother Nature.
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For more information about my art: info@benheine.com
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To Life

A poem by Peter S. Quinn

I love the tiny little flowers
Those that come freshly in spring
In the stunning newly hours
That newborn summer bring

In their colors white and yellow
The little seedlings in the snow
With their rising saying hello
Like first of sunrise glow

I love every little bouquet
That grows in the garden’s bed
And I don’t winter regret
With its snowy wingspread

Or its darkness in icy cold
That nothing will give to wake
And no touch of love can hold
By moonlight at the lake

I love all the little crocuses
That shall bring new Ester in
When early spring focuses
On its shading tints spin

With each newly growth of living
That dances in freshly gust
The earth is again giving
To life in new robust

Taken in: France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Lille (show map)

Taken on: February 27, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D70s, f/5.0, 1/100 sec, 70mm (=105mm) (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D70s
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	70mm (35mm equivalent: 105mm)
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh
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