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This space is usually reserved for single image Sundays/Saturdays, but this week, it’s bonus time with a look both behind the scenes and close-up.

An Early Rose. Click for full-size view at Flickr

Sometimes, the moment presents itself to you and it’s just your job to step up and be a part of it. Awesome when that happens. Bonus: a behind the scenes view of what goes into a shot like this. Not very glamorous, but interesting, perhaps.

I snapped this image at Reynolda Gardens with the Hipstamatic app, and I’m still amazed at the level of detail the iPhone4 can capture. Bright sunlight and a stationary subject also help to get a crisp result, so as a bonus, here’s a quick look from the full-size version of this image over at Flickr, where I do more mass-uploading than at Instagram. I mention Flickr in a previous post as an alternative social network to Instagram — and I’m there as rsmithing. Feel free to add me as a contact if you’re there too.

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What do you think? Have you ever had a photo opportunity present itself to you, and were you ready to get the shot? Do you make a special effort to have your mobile phone ready just in case? Let us hear from you in the comments!

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