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From one of the rare dewy mornings last week. Crawled around at eye level with these little things (only a few inches high) and got my jeans soaking wet. My idea of how to enjoy the beginning of a new day!
Limited focus stack. Raw files had minimal tonal adjustments in LR then into Zerene Stacker. The output went back to PS for Topaz Denoise and some minimal low-opacity cloning to soften distractions in the BG. Cropped to square.
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What is a False Dandelion ??? This image caught my eye just now. Interesting and cool DOF …Not having the back part of the plant in focus gives a unigue perspective. Pretty cool. Getting the clothes wet was worth this shot. Something i have never seen or noticed and your image brought it out and made me aware. !!! Very Cool Diane.
Thanks, @Gill_Vanderlip! It’s a common weed that grows in profusion on our property after the tall “native” (debatable) grass has been cut in late spring to reduce fire hazard. It pops up with a carpet of little yellow blooms then creates these seed heads. I had probably 78 million to choose from.
Diane: Great use of selective focus and of the 78 million subjects I think you picked a good one. Marvelous detail in the dew especially. Most excellent. >=))>
Wow. Probably looks like a carpet of flowers. Sunflowers can do that. Take a few shots of all these plants looking as a carpet. See what happens. Landscape wide angle style shot. Should be really cool.
Oh wow, Diane, this is really excellent! The details in the droplets are great. Perfectly done! Worth getting wet in my opinion but of course, I wasn’t the one getting wet.
Thanks, @Bill_Fach, @Gill_Vanderlip and @Shirley_Freeman! I was having so much fun trying to find the most interesting ones (when they all were) that I didn’t notice how wet I was getting. I have no idea how long I was out there but I think over an hour. What made me quit wasn’t the wet jeans. It was like our younger daughter said once – she was just 14 and soloing in gliders as a student pilot. One day she picked up some epic lift and had a three hour ride up to 16,000 ft, when the crew of serious pilots couldn’t find it. When she finally came back they jumped all over her (in fun) harassing her for having lost the lift. She smiled sweetly and said, “It’s still there but I’m freezing and I need to pee.”
Flying and Photography runs in your family. That’s so cool. I love flying. Wanted to be pilot or astronaut when I was a kid. A good guitar , camera, plane. It’s the best. Wrote a song.
“In Flight In Time”. After flying Alaskan Turbo Jet. My favorite plane.
Keep shooting and being creative. You have a great eye.
Peace to our Planet.
Beautiful image, Diane. I like the limited depth of field created by the partial stack and what it does to the out of focus background in this one. I think there are a bout a million “false dandelions” depending on where you live.
Thanks, @Dennis_Plank – I suspect that is a common phenotype. Would be interesting to know how characteristics like this blossom/seed shape evolve and are selected.
