Sometimes I scare myself. I was photographing one of the Lilac bushes in the yard, and was using a close up lens to concentrate on the blooms. I spent a fair amount of time trying differing compositions and was pretty happy with the results. And then I happened to look down! There was a dandelion at my feet, growing out of a crack in the driveway! I was surprised to see that it was in its seed stage. I wondered what it is called when the dandelion goes "white" so I looked it up in Wikipedia, perhaps my favorite online resource. Here is what it said: "The flower head matures into a spherical "clock" (also known as "wishies") containing many single-seeded fruits (achenes). Each achene is attached to a pappus of fine hairs, which enable wind-aided dispersal over long distances." I LOVE knowing stuff like this! Anyhow, I started exploring the "clock" with my closeup lens. I included the whole Dandelion in the frame. Here is where the accident happened... I used the magnify function on the LCD to see if the image was in focus, and was stunned to see how much more interesting the photograph was if I was REALLY close. So then I moved in and made this image. The accidental image, indeed!
5 comments:
I love this photo a lot!!! It looks like I was in my dream. And, I was thinking about photographing the dandelions, too. But, they're all gone with the wind and the rain. hehehe~
THAT is incredible, i could see this blown up quite large on a wall in our house somewhere, if only i had a wall big enough. seriously, i LOVE it!
Thank you both for the wonderful comments! It does amaze me that I nearly overlooked it! Whew, that was close!
Holy schmoley, this is incredible!! I love it!
WOW!
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