{"id":2087,"date":"2011-06-02T05:20:43","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T10:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/2011\/06\/02\/622011-dandelion-days\/"},"modified":"2011-06-02T05:20:43","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T10:20:43","slug":"622011-dandelion-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2087","title":{"rendered":"6\/2\/2011: Dandelion Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Is there really anything new to say<\/em> about dandelion puffs? Still, who, with a macro capable camera in hand, can resist photographing them every year? There is always something in the light, or the background, or the ambiance to justify another shot. Oh shutter buttons! No one really needs any<\/em> justification for another dandelion puff shot! They are reason unto themselves\u2026sure as summer coming\u2026sure as we love symmetry\u2026sure as June rains which leave them shattered or June winds that send them sailing as single parachutes to plague the lawn-keepers of future summers\u2026sure as the grass stained knees and aging backs that make every years\u2019 harder to catch! Dandelion puff is. Therefore: dandelion puff pictures! <\/p>\n

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These are two very different shots, from a technique standpoint. Both use the Close Up scene mode on the Nikon Coolpix P500, which is a kind of assisted macro. 1) is at closest focus and the camera selected best macro setting on the zoom at 32mm equivalent field of view\u2026taken from less than an inch away, in open shade. f3.7 @ 1\/320th @ ISO 160. 2) is zoomed out to 340mm equivalent (overriding the auto setting but still macro), taken from about 5 feet, obviously in full sun. f5.5 @ 1\/400th @ ISO 160. <\/p>\n

Processed in Lightroom for Clarity and Sharpness. <\/p>\n

I will not claim that these satisfy my dandelion puff addiction for this year\u2026we still have weeks of temptation facing us\u2026but for today they are sufficient. <\/p>\n

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