I got this idea when I was walking to class and saw a dandelion in the grass. I figured it would be pretty interesting 'minimalist' picture if I got a single seed floating through the air. To shoot one of these things actually 'floating' however, proved to be a huge pain, especially in the wind we were having.
Instead, I pulled the ballpoint tip off of a pen and glued the seed to the tip. After I shot the picture, I just cropped the pen out of the picture and adjusted the levels, saturation, and contrast.
I agree with most of the comments that say this should be in in the full frame. If I can get some really thin thread or fishing line I would really like to try this shot again.
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Would have been so much better with a background that was one color or one shade of green and you should crop out the blue spot in the corner, very distracting.
It must be dandelion season! This has so much more appeal than many of those similar subjects. Why? Because you chose one seed and it's sharp. Because the background has complex interest without pulling too much on your subject--there is tension, but the eye always returns to the seed. Two things that could make this better: 1. crop out the blue in the upper right corner 2. include the bottom of the seed--this may not be possible, of course, with your original--but it would be desirable.
So beautiful.
I think it could improve a little if there was a little space under the seed to make it look completely floating in the air. But still a nice take on the challenge. 8
Excellent bokeh, sharpness, detail, and very clean processing. I think this fits the challenge well and the only thing I would change is to place the subject a bit higher in the composition to really give that sense of free floating 'driftin'. 8
I know you would have gotten a few comments that said this, but this would have been even better if the seed wasn't cut off on the bottome of the frame, still very nice.
Seems like we have several "flower pictures", but I like this one a lot because it is so dainty. Actually looks more like a seed to me than a flower. It's brightness against the darker OOF background is nice. My only problem with this image is that my eye seems to be drawn to the lighter portions on the other side of the image. Other than that, very nicely done. <7>
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