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Collection: Plants
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Aug 17, 2008
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/501
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Aug 18, 2008

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 Dandelion -- as usual in the afternoon the wind was blowing briskly, so I held the bloom against the lens to keep it still.

-Handheld, Tv mode
-SuperMacro mode
-RGB Curve
-Resize
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 88%/1.3 dia/TH = 5
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 8/10 = 131kb

File: Dandi_IMG_5156-DPC8.jpg

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 08/19/2008 11:45:12 PM
Very colorful.....
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 08/19/2008 01:58:27 PM
Yellow flowers!! my favorites.. and this one is so beautiful! and I know what you mean about the wind, since I started taking macro pictures, I don't like the wind that much anymore (LOL)
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 08/19/2008 07:12:45 AM
love that fantastic yummy yellow .. its pretty difficult to shoot this sort'v photograph when there's a brisk wind .. so that makes it doubly excellent .. great shot .. :)
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 08/18/2008 11:18:13 PM
Now I'm going to have to go find a dandelion and see if it has those cool little orange arms yours has :-) Great detail; it's always good to see an everyday thing from a new perspective!
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 08/18/2008 10:41:46 PM
Very nice, soft light and a nice vignette effect as it falls off towards the back.
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 08/18/2008 08:56:04 PM
Originally posted by drydoc:
General, You undoubtedly have the most unique entries of all! From dead to dandelion. Gotta love it.
I am amazed at the aperture, ISO, and shutter speeds you employ.

Thanks!

I confess I don't pay much attention to the aperture setting -- I prioritize ISO first because my camera sensor is so noisy, then shutter-speed to (usually) minimize the blur. I let the camera set the aperture, unless I have a composition where it's essential to control the DOF more than the noise.

In the case of this dandelion, I had some slack in the shutter-speed because of bright, late-afternoon sunlight. If I had seen how this would come out -- I was in the parking lot on my way home from work -- I might have opened the aperture more to further blur the fence, though that might also have made the foreground too OOF for some folks.
 08/18/2008 06:23:57 PM
General, You undoubtedly have the most unique entries of all! From dead to dandelion. Gotta love it.
I am amazed at the aperture, ISO, and shutter speeds you employ.
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 08/18/2008 03:48:20 PM
Throughout my life I've "popped so many babies' heads off", but couldn't have told you that your photo was of a dandelion. I have really got to stop and pay attention!
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