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Photo: Spores of the Sun

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-01-26T23:40:41Z in Photography, Shop, with these tags: 4x6-lustre, b&w, bright, canon rebel xti, contrast, dandelion clocks, ef 50mm 1:1.4, macro, seeds, spores of the sun, sun, vignetting, 2 Comments. 108 words.

Spores of the Sun — a dandelion clock against the blinding sun

Took this by positioning the dandelion clock right in front of the sun, but I hurt my eyes a bit from the light. They’re fine, but it reminded me to be more careful about photos like this. This was going to be a sequel to Two of Us Against the World, but I decided to focus on the dandelion blocking the sun, as it’s so much brighter. Had to under-expose manually, because the camera didn’t want the sky to be black. This is my …

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Photo: Two of Us Against the World

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-01-05T04:03:34Z in Photography, Shop, with these tags: 4x6-lustre, beauty, canon powershot a620, dandelion clocks, love, macro, portfolio, seeds, two of us against the world, 0 Comments. 70 words.

Two of Us Against the World — dandelion clocks

A pair of dandelion clocks against a vivid pink and blue sky. My camera was on the ground, pointing up, for this photo; at a normal angle this would be nothing special. Enjoy. :smile:

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Canon PowerShot A620, 1/20, F2.8, 7.3mm, ISO100, 2007-01-19T18:03:02-05

Source image. I added contrast through curves, and shifted the wight-balance to cooler tones to achieve this striking image.

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