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Curiosity

             
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Spring arrived with a bang. A temperature drop has been announced for next week but only for a few days – winter is definitely over :) While this Amaryllis stigma isn't a part of the current spring explosion, it still symbolizes new life, so I chose it as my Easter greetings image. 

You've already seen this same stigma for Macro Mondays' "Wet" theme this January (please see the first comment). I'd photographed it (and the blossom) in several stages of bloom, and this was the earliest stage, with the stigma just beginning to open and curiously taking a first peek into the world around it. What always fascinates me about flowers/plants in close-up is the tiny, often translucent "hair", the trichome, of which this stigma has plenty. I think the trichome makes it look even more like a (friendly) alien life form.

I've kept the Amaryllis blossom which now is shriveled and dried up in the way only flowers can: gracefully and in beauty.

Wishing you (if you celebrate) a Happy Easter, and a wonderful (Sliders) Sunday :)

Taken on: January 1, 2024

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OM-D E-M1 Mark III

Laowa 50mm f/2,8 2X Ultra Macro APO

DXO PhotoLab 7

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Camera: Olympus E-M1MarkIII, f/4.0, 1/100 sec, 50mm (=100mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M1MarkIII
Lens:	LAOWA MFT50mm f/2.8 C-Dreamer
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 100mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	+1.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.2 (Windows)
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