Was trying to take a yellow rose in my back yard to submit (Yellow Rose of Texas) but bloom had already faded. Then I found this small 1/2 inch dandylion bloom with struck me as more unique.
Canon 20D with 70-200mm f/2.8L IS, 25mm extension tube, and Speedlite 580EX on tripod. First few attempts were with flash on camera but this tended to flatten all the detail in the central petals. I took the flash off camera with cord and hand held at different angles to give a little more side light. I tried about 3 dozen shots, this being my favorite.
Shot in RAW, in Photoshop CS - Increase contrast to darken background to remove ghost of stem, a little unsharp mask to sharpen the petal edges, rotate 180 so lightest part of flower is on top to simulate first rays of morning.
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nicely composed. lighting a little flat....but i'm a little biased as i love really contrasty stuff. i like the perspective. it's the way we mostly see dandilions ...from above.
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