Dandelion Fireworks
Thanks for all the well wishes for Russell. He made it through the concert, but just barely. It definitely affected his performance and he was not happy about it. I told him he was a trooper for showing up and that he had no control over what happened. The conductor was very understanding since he's been in those shoes himself.His fever was back and it was off to the doctor after school today. It's just a nasty virus, not anything we can do but treat the symptoms and let it run it's course.
I shot this yesterday in Mohawk Park close to my home. The way the sunlight glistened off of the silky hairs on the seeds reminded me a little of fireworks.
Someone mentioned that the previous image almost looked like a filter was applied. There was no filter applied to that image. There was just basic curves, black and white conversion using the gradient map, and I think I might have cloned out a very small black spec that was on one of the larger petals.
posted by Laurie at 12:00 AM
22 Comments:
Wow... that really is a splendid shot. What a capture!
Wonderful creative framed. Great details.
Nice shot. Glad Russell made it through the concert.
Very nice macro. Now I know what I can do with all those dandelions in my yard.
Beautifyl shot ... love the silver tones ...
hopefully the virus will wear off soon...lovely dandelion shot, must get shots of these before they all get blown away...
great shot :)
stunning....I love this shot....I would have called i tinkerbell and friends.
Glad to hear Russell feeling a lot better.
Suby
Glad to hear Rusell made it through the concert! I can't imagine doing a concert when ill!
This is an awesome image. Looks like little stars!
nice tones, well composed, well done. it does remind me of fireworks also.
wonderful bw macro shot, impressive
Lovely delicate image, you captures some great detail.
WOW...! laurie,i'm amazed,
i know i havent had the time to visit AT all,you know..but wow,i really need to make it a point,the recent shots are just amazing...! i'm blown away.with the composition,the tones..everything.superb...!
Dandelions are one of the hardest plants to capture well. I think you've got the golden macro touch, Laurie. Nice job!
Really splendid!
Bonsoir,
Very nice..Well done close up! Bravo!
Awesome "fireworks" Laurie.
Sorry Russell is still under the weather. He's a trooper to go ahead with the concert. Kudos to him.
une étoile de mille étoiles! superbe
This certainly does look like a burst from a fireworks display. I really like how the light is glistening off of the the individual 'bursts'.
Hi Laurie,
apologies for not being here for a while but have been away. No need to apologise for the long blog comments on my blog..they're great...always happy to read them. I was impressed rather than criticising. I thought our government were good at squeezing us harder each year but sounds like yours does to. It also sounds like you history and house trials are similar to ours.
These actually reminded me of Christmas tree lights...oh no we haven't even reached summer yet and I am thinking of Christmas !
Fireworks is what I thought of as well, as soon as I saw this. Gorgeous. I'm very envious.
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