Sorry to disappoint but this isn't a stop action shot. Hope that doesn't spoil the image for you because I really like the image and concept.
Lighting details: Clamp Lamp, set on the floor to point up, piece of white paper over it for diffusion, piece of glass about a foot above that. Dandelion arranged so it could lay on it's side by itself, little seedlings spread out. Shot from the top, handheld.
For contrast, Selective Color (Whites(-100Blacks), Blacks(+100Blacks)), Automatic Levels to finish it out. The background is pretty much all perfectly white now. I did have to dodge the left side a bit to completely even out the white background. Looking at it from another PC via LCD at work looks like a missed a spot near the bottom right corner. . So I hope most of you have your monitors calibrated as I do ;)
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Thanks everyone! :)
Extremely glad this image speaks to you.
This one was validated a few days ago, no worries.
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ummm.... I thought the challenge was to take a color shot of things B/W. I know, for a fact... no dispute, that dandelion spores have a soft tan colour. There is no way you could have taken a colour shot of something B/W if this is your submission... I do think the rules specifically said no desaturation or B/W shooting. Enjoy your second place... even if ya didn't quite follow the rules.
When things are sillhoutted, at times they lose detail and thus color ;)
ummm.... I thought the challenge was to take a color shot of things B/W. I know, for a fact... no dispute, that dandelion spores have a soft tan colour. There is no way you could have taken a colour shot of something B/W if this is your submission... I do think the rules specifically said no desaturation or B/W shooting. Enjoy your second place... even if ya didn't quite follow the rules.
Very nice attractive shot of a nasty plant. This works really well and I expect to see it in top ten. Well done. Back to bump - I really like this shot.
This is a beautiful picture. I gave you 10. The only thing I can't understand is that there seems to be a grey area underneath the dandelion and seeds and it doesn't really follow the line of the seeds.
I like the motion and curve. Wish the line of blowing seeds reached into the stem so that some were just beginning to leave; without this the break between the seeds still on and the seeds flying away seems ... odd.
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