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            AAEB1828 - Playing around waiting for some bikes, took a few shots of My Lady picking blackberries, did the devil make her do it !

Michaelmas, a wonderful celebration of harvest’s end and the start of autumn’s mists and mellow fruitfulness, as Keats wrote in his famous poem. I have always loved this time of year and am fascinated with the ancient feast and festivals that surround this now mostly forgotten date. Although Michaelmas is celebrated on 29 September, when the calendar was reformed in 1752, “Old Michaelmas Day” was moved to 10 October. Old Michaelmas Day is also called “Devil Spits Day”; it’s the last day that blackberries should be picked, according to old British folklore. This is known as the day that the Devil came to earth; he fell from the skies, straight onto a blackberry bush, whereupon he cursed the fruit, scorched them with his fiery breath, stamped on them and then spat on them making them unfit to eat! Although in my experience, they are usually a little past their sell by date by this stage, a bit “blown” or maggoty!

The cause of the blackberry decay is in fact a fungus that typically appears because of the change in humity.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Shalfleet (show map)

Taken on: September 21, 2014

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Camera: Canon EOS 7D, f/5.0, 1/1600 sec, 210mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D
Lens:	EF75-300mm f/4-5.6
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	210mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.4 (Windows)
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