Snow in Summer

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 23, 2016238 views12 comments

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Another Dandelion shot from this past year that I found as I was cleaning up my hard drive. This is a vertical crop of the original horizontal. I thought the left corner of the original lacked the interest in the rest of the image so I went with this crop. I think I was a day or 2 late for the best of the bloom, so I will give it another go in the coming year. This was the most dense crop that I have yet found, so I will keep an eye on it more closely this time. 4 image focal stacked at f13, ISO 250, 1/8 sec. and a darker exposure for the sky. D810.

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on December 23, 2016 at 1:16 PM

This is a lovely image, and I do remember vaguely the ones you posted earlier. I love the sharpness from front to back (note to self: start making focus stacking a practice) and I also like all the transitions you can see, from way past prime to peak bloom. Not really bloom, but peak seed pod display. This must be quite spectacular also when it is in bloom. Gorgeous!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 23, 2016 at 1:46 PM

Harry,

This is wonderful! The detail/sharpness of the dandelions up front is amazing. Great job with the processing by keeping the sky and vegetation in check. Love that sky btw. No nits or suggestions from me.

Lon

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on December 23, 2016 at 2:59 PM

I think a crop without the sky would look nice. The very near FG buds are fascinating...
Focus stacking these was nice work, must have been an extremely still day.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 23, 2016 at 3:39 PM

Aren't Dandelions wonderful, Harry? This is an amazing view with all the dandelions set against the fine sunset. The brightness and details in the foreground blooms adds some fine pop. Well seen and executed.

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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on December 23, 2016 at 3:42 PM

Excellent. Terrific detail and sharpness make this a very intriguing image. A great interpretation of making the ordinary, extraordinary.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on December 23, 2016 at 4:47 PM

Hi Harry,

Excellent results with stacking and I love the bug's eye view of this scene. Well done devil

...................Jim

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on December 23, 2016 at 5:00 PM

Thanks All

I will give that a try this year Dan, good idea!

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on December 23, 2016 at 8:53 PM

Although I like the sky I think a composition with less sky would be stronger. A square crop containing all of the bottom , removing sky above the horizontal clouds seems to bring out the dandelions a bit. The sharp detail in the dandelions makes this image. This is my favorite of the series.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on December 24, 2016 at 12:09 AM

Who knew that dandelions could be so interesting?!? Beautiful light and color in the sky complements the interesting shape of the dandelions as they go to seed.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on December 26, 2016 at 2:47 PM

Very nice color transitions here from the whites and greens to the blues and pinks. I'm a big fan of stacking images for depth of field. Good job here.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 28, 2016 at 6:06 PM

Harry, So fun looking at this image. Such an interesting subject and in the more detailed large version quite impressive. Love the depth and wonderful details this has. Nice work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

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Comment posted by Steve Gettle on January 1, 2017 at 1:27 PM

Beautifully done we so often overlook the common place.

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