Dandelion

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I've had a massive dry spell recently, despondency has been my middle name with regards to photography. Where I live now just doesn't do anything for me photographically, however after sorting out a photobook I decided to get out there again (my file manager suggests the last time I went out was february, when I went on holiday!). Most were terrible but I came across a nice little Dandelion and decided to spend some time with it....

Taken with a Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 at f/14 and a set of manual extension tubes. It appears f/14 at this sort of range (the front lens was around an inch from the dandelion) causes one heck of a lot of CA, even ACR couldn't fix it fully!

There's one or two other possibles from the shoot but this is definately the pick of the bunch.

C&C welcome

 

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Thanks.

When I took it I didn't intend to do a B&W, but when I opened it up it was just screaming at me to do it.

A second one, this one from a live one, not quite as good but hopefully not too bad.

Think I may go out and get a "just dead" one to complete the set...

 

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As you noticed I don't really have any macro shots on my site, my flickr has a few more as that is where I dump most of my photos, however if you are interested in this there are a few others that do this a lot more than me, Messiah Kahn for one but a couple of others I can't remember o) do it as well.

I think the latter thing you are talking about is an SEM (scanning electron microscope), only really found in science labs.

 

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Right, a third one!... Not sure if this is to busy or not...

 

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Might be just what I like, but for me this is the best of the three.

It has it's charms and in fact I think it looks a bit better bigger too, less crowded as such.

I really like the first one.

I also am going through a dry spell. I've not picked my camera up properly since March.

It's really annoying, however I think I've broken mine, I feel like heading out again tomorrow to get some shots. I have a few in mind which is rare too.

thats cool by any standard in my book

i do like your work what ive seen of it, and i like abtract/intresting pictures
such as http://imaginggit.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/michael_stringer_pleurosigma.jpg
don't ask me what it is of, but i like it and currently my desktop!!

Thanks, check back tomorrow as I plan on getting maybe one or two more (if I can be bothered... )

Not sure about that one, it looks almost CGI, maybe created in PS? Nice but I can't see how it was done as a photo. Hmmm.

 

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Damn, now the pressure is on!

 

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Well I didn't get any more B&W images today, tried a few things but didn't get anything I was happy with, however I got a few plants instead...