Remember Wham-O’s “SuperBall” from the mid-60s? That’s what comes to mind when I see peony buds before they open. As large as the fully-bloomed flower becomes, it’s hard to imagine how all that is packed so tightly in a bud that is as small as this one is now. No macro lens; just a +4 close-up filter…
Retired economics professor (“dismal scientist”). Married 40+ years to the love of my life; we have two grown daughters, both married, two granddaughters and a...
@348darlima@definitelydeb@kdei@sparkleplenty1 Thank you, all! The DOF comes from being in its face — well, so to speak — with a close-up filter (or a macro would do the same, but the close-up filter is a poor-man’s macro lens!)…
Great detail on this! I'm a graduate of Sountheastern Massachusetts University. I did skip my Economics class fairly often. Hope you weren't the professor! Lol
@karens68 Thank you!
Uh, there's a bit of an age difference, I'm guessing. By the time you went to college, I was already back in the midwest, so it wouldn't have been my classes you were skipping!
@karens68 That's what I would have guessed from your 365 id! With a bachelor's degree in math, I have been known to do some arithmetic from time to time! Even correctly!
Uh, there's a bit of an age difference, I'm guessing. By the time you went to college, I was already back in the midwest, so it wouldn't have been my classes you were skipping!