February 2020 I upgraded to the Canon 5D Mark IV dslr. These are the first images. These flowers are the first to bloom on our property, around a magnolia tree. Each year these “buttercups” grow thicker and spread. A fellow blogger, Audrey Driscoll’s Blog, provided the correct and exact species name Eranthis hyemalis. The latin name proclaims the early nature of its flowering both in the genus, “Eranthis” – “spring flower”, and species, “hyemalis” – winter flowering. The genus encompasses eight species, all early flowering winter aconite.
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A macro lens was mounted, Canon EF 100 mm f/2.8 Macro USB. A characteristic of this lens is to underexpose, so I set two stops higher. All these are f25.
With the thermometer hovering above freezing, these blooms did not open today. The calendar says “late winter”, these buttercups are singing “early spring.”
Michael Stephen Wills Photography 
Beautiful yellow 💛
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A welcome patch of sunshine when all else is bare.
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Yes ✨
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Simply charming Michael
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Thank You….the good news…they are spreading every year.
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All that yellow is so cheerful.
Happy new camera to you. Wear it well.
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Thank You, Steve.
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Yellow is my favorite color, and these are so beautiful. It snowed here last week, but it’s melted now, and I’m really looking forward to warmer weather.
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Our flowers come in waves….these are the densest patch of yellow.
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Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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thank you Ned
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