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Geo dome

by Carolyn Derstine

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted January 8, 2012123 views4 comments

I like close-up views of dandelion "puffballs". They look like some kind of geo dome structure to me. For processing this, I desaturated the ball except for the center and then ran the darkening shadows tool over much of the photo to increase the contrast.

Canon Rebel T1i. 90mm macro lens. F/8 for 1/20 sec. ISO 400.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on January 8, 2012 at 6:25 PM

Carolyn, your processing has really brought out the geometric design of the dandelion puffball. Very nice work.

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Comment posted by Bill Caldwell on January 9, 2012 at 5:36 PM

Very nice--love the fine detail of the filaments!

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Comment posted by Hali Sowle on January 11, 2012 at 9:26 AM

I hadn't ever looked at it like that but it does look like a dome! Very nice composition and dof and great processing to bring out the detail.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 11, 2012 at 10:57 AM

Hi Carolyn

Love the center detail, and the geometric lines, Well composed

Albert Darmo

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