blossom by blossom the spring begins

copyright © Mim Eisenberg/mimbrava studio. All rights reserved.

For winter's rains and ruins are over,
And all the season of snows and sins;
The days dividing lover and lover,
The light that loses, the night that wins;
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten,
And in green underwood and cover
Blossom by blossom the spring begins.
~ Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909)

It's been a long time coming, but spring (the vernal equinox) is finally here on the calendar and all around. It actually reached 71F here yesterday, and finally I'm seeing sprouts from many (but nowhere near all) of the bulbs I planted in the fall. This daffodil is from a batch I planted years ago, but they have been appearing regularly each year.

I shot this at 6:43 pm yesterday and had to do some serious post-processing to get it into presentable shape, including denoising it and using Topaz Adjust (HDR-pop) to enhance the details.

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Taken on: March 19, 2010

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Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi, f/6.3, 1/80 sec, 60mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Lens:	EF-S60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	60mm
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 Macintosh
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