Perfect Piece of Fluff by maggiemae

Perfect Piece of Fluff

I found this under our deck so lay on my tum and worked my way up close with my camera. Its going to get its head snapped off though before it scatters these hundreds of seeds everywhere!

Looks really startling on the black!

Three good thing:
1. Amazing feed back about my camera settings info - the answer, I feel is from Jen @jennywren who says if you email these photos anywhere, they lose that info and that is what I do - to my Macbook Air.
2. Going to the rugby on Sat - our team the Highlanders are playing the next province,Canterbury, the Crusaders and they are always at loggerheads! Staying overnight in the University Executive House which is 5 mins walk from the magnificent Forsythe Barr Stadium.
3. Pear and orange go so nicely together in our breakfast smoothies! I wouldn't have thought so.
Wonderful close up and detail.
February 19th, 2015  
Wonderful capture with great lighting and detail.
February 19th, 2015  
What a great capture, focus is excellent so nice and sharp! fav
February 19th, 2015  
The problem with photographing dandelions is that I am always tempted to blow very hard . I think I was hard wired as a child. I guess I am perpetuating the species.
February 19th, 2015  
@lwain Hey, what a good idea, Lindy - I'll scramble under there again and blow and shoot!
February 19th, 2015  
Always love a dandelion, a nice shot
February 19th, 2015  
@maggiemae Enjoy! It does look really good on black.
February 19th, 2015  
Love the clarity of this - and it looks awesome on black. I'm always a bit torn with games between Otago and Canterbury - I grew up in Dunedin but I've lived in Christchurch for years.
February 19th, 2015  
A great ball of fluffy seed -heads ! and great viewed on black !
February 19th, 2015  
Bep
What a great capture.Fav.
February 19th, 2015  
Great close up!
February 19th, 2015  
Nice capture from "down low".
February 19th, 2015  
oh, my goodness! it looks so real i am sneezing here over and over. i must go to another pic! :-)
February 19th, 2015  
Beautiful
February 19th, 2015  
Lovely fluff - I love watching the seeds scatter
February 19th, 2015  
beautifully captured
February 19th, 2015  
Gorgeous capture
February 19th, 2015  
You've got lovely detail. I would have been worried about spiders- or is that only Oz?!
February 19th, 2015  
You captured the soft, fuzzy feeling perfectly!
February 19th, 2015  
@judithg NZ is a paradise, Judith! The most harmful thing is a boy racer! Don't find them under our deck!
February 19th, 2015  
Such clarity! Great texture too!
February 19th, 2015  
Love this....so beautiful and fluffy!! FAV!! I have been wanting to do one of these photos for sometime now, but I just cannot find any dandelions around here. This one was definitely worth crawling on your hands and knees... oh, and I will have to try the pear and orange smoothie when my tummy is settled!
February 19th, 2015  
Beautiful and i love the floaty bits.
February 19th, 2015  
i was suitably startled viewing on black maggie
February 19th, 2015  
@phil_howcroft Did your mouth drop open, Phil? lol
February 19th, 2015  
@maggiemae ha ha , my eyes blinked and blinked and now one winks :)
February 19th, 2015  
Good contrast. I like it.
February 19th, 2015  
Very impressive! Would love to have seen you crawling under your deck to get this shot! Makes it even more impressive ;)
February 19th, 2015  
Lovely on black! Looks even fluffier. Good luck with the blowing shot - set your camera to the max frames per second and you might get a few images of the burst.
February 19th, 2015  
@pamknowler It didn't work, Pam! The seeds blew away so quickly as there was a wind. I'll wait for someone else to do it!
February 19th, 2015  
Stunning perfection especially on black! FAV I'm going to try your pear and orange smoothie idea too!
February 20th, 2015  
Very pretty! Thankfully we no longer have a yard where I have to worry about Dandelion seeds.
February 20th, 2015  
Wonderful capture with great lighting and detail. FAV
February 20th, 2015  
Bev
Great shot, Maggie. Love the detail. Even if you pop the head off, the seeds can spread unless you put a bag over it so they can't escape.
February 20th, 2015  
@prttblues Good thinking, Bev - even if I take them to the weed dump place in our property they will do that!
February 20th, 2015  
Bev
@maggiemae Glad to be of help, Maggie! There's some old tricks still kicking around in my head. Now I need to go put it to bed.
February 20th, 2015  
So lovely Maggie....
February 20th, 2015  
Super macro - esp. > black.
February 20th, 2015  
Lovely against the dark background
February 20th, 2015  
Lovely photo - the dark background makes the white really pop.
February 20th, 2015  
Looks so good against the dark background Maggiemae. Fav
February 20th, 2015  
Lovely ...
February 20th, 2015  
Niceltycaptured and stunning against the black background
February 20th, 2015  
Fav! Crystal clear fluffy detail and so pretty on black!
February 20th, 2015  
It's a while since I saw one of these shots on here. Great contrast between the fluffy white seedhead and the black background.
February 20th, 2015  
Beautiful capture Maggie, looks great on Black...
February 20th, 2015  
Lovely shot.
February 20th, 2015  
Nice capture.
February 20th, 2015  
So soft and crisp at the same time, and wonderful with the black background, fav!
February 20th, 2015  
This looks wonderful against the black. They look really soft but dense. Not whispy as they really are.
February 20th, 2015  
Not sure if the info mystery is really cracked. Sent you another reply from Pats thread.
February 20th, 2015  
so soft and lovely... and indeed, perfect on black :)
February 21st, 2015  
Fantastic image and just perfect on Black.
February 22nd, 2015  
This is so classic, fuzzy and pretty, especially against the dark background! I have to keep my eyes open for such simple beauty around, hopefully I will learn to do it! And thank you for the follow and commenting on my pictures - any input and interest from the fellow 365-er is a great motivation and encouragement! Thanks!
February 24th, 2015  
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