Best viewed large to see the clocks on the right hand side.
I had a go at this at the weekend in one of my other albums.
I decided to post this in colour after much deliberation, because it shows the dandelion clocks better.
Dandelion
With each springs white top.
Shaken off by hands unseen.
Wanders by each lofty lonely face.
Places it is wind it needs to show.
I float across each leaf, it's breath.
Beside still waters shy and still.
Willows branch they hang in grace.
With a gentle sigh they hold out light,
and lay me gently down to grow.
An unusual take on the dandelion.. just different and so for that reason a FAV - I like it. I think it's the lighting together with the hint of colour.
@denverdog No problem Rhona, Imitation and all that. Ilook forward to seeing your interpretation. I hope and expect it to be better than mine. Though I do have another idea myself!!!
Oh, I just love this, I would have this on my wall. The blowing clocks and the dark background with a slight hint of colour really completes the shot. Your shot prompted me to have a look at this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ_QqtXoyQw&feature=fvwrel
Wonderful shot Sean! Something I have tried but never with any success. I will try again after seeing this. I have checked your EXIF, it gives all the details I should need - except of course how you got that timing so perfectly! FAB and a fav!
@esolvideosuk Thanks Jennie, you are welcome to put it on your wall. I could pop a Hi Res in Dropbox for you or email you a copy if you ever wanted to. Thanks for the timelapse link, that was fantastic. I adore timelapse, and so want to have a go at it. I think I would love to do a butterfly emerging from a cocoon. Especial thanks for the Fav.
@yrhenwr Thanks David,I really a appreciate the fav. It is ever so easy to do this. Your camera needs to be able to shoot at 3 or 4 fps. All I did was get Rebecca to pick a dandelion, set up the camera on continuous shooting and as my exif states, and then get her to blow the seed heads gently while I took multiple shots. Out of about 20 shots I got 4 or 5 that were good. You need to get the seed heads blown parallel to your lens, with a dark green background, grass will do. To process I simply moved the left hand sider in levels on CS5 until the background was blackened. If processing in B+W you can darken the background in levels or by sliding the green and poss yellow sliders to the far left. I have thought about the ISO a lot, and think that you shouldn't go too high, or you will lose too much definition. If anything, an ISO of 200 or less would be great if you can still get a decent aperture and shutter speed. I have several more creative ideas for this type of shot, so may have a go at them next week. One idea I have that will not work because of where I live is to do this shot with the sea in the background, and then not blacken the background. You are at my advantage there!!
