Tiny, but tough

These flowers were covered in frost this morning, but when the first rays of the sun came over the trees, the frost didn't stand a chance. It's whitlow grass, the very first thing to bloom in the spring.

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shot w/the E-30, OM 90mm f2 legacy macro | 25mm ext tube | ISO 100 | 1/30th | f11 or 16 | bag of barley camera rest.

the flowers are 1 inch or less tall and the closed blossoms are 3-4mm. Early insects love 'em.

Very neat, I really like all the little water droplets from the melting frost. :thumbup:

Very nice! Love the detail and bokeh!

very nice use of dof and bokeh- well done

thanks guys. I wasn't sure about the bokeh...the water droplets made such intense refractions, but then I decided it helped bring a sense of warmth and spring thaw which I was relying on the light to give. So hard to frame and focus though!

Wonderful image - I like here the backfroung as well like the flowers.

I love the bokeh. it shows the sparkle that must have been so evident this morning. Lovely capture!

Love the detail of the flowers. Nicely done.

Very nice! Hopefully we have some little tough guys emerging from the snow soon as well!

thanks peeps. when I went back out to photograph the bees I noticed that though tiny, these have a powerful scent that's similar to tulips. I never noticed that before.