First dandelion flower of the year

[LordV]

Found the first dandelion flower in my garden yesterday. Pics taken at 0,20 mins, 90 mins interval. Noticed when I was doing the last shot the flower had a tiny visitor - a chalcid wasp 1.4mm long.

Brian V.

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[Greg_C]

Lovely shots Brian, no2 is my fav of the series.

[LordV]

Lovely shots Brian, no2 is my fav of the series.

Thanks for the comments Greg :)
Brian V.

[johnkermit1]

nice shots. there is much detail in these, and the color is very pleasing to the eye.

[LordV]

nice shots. there is much detail in these, and the color is very pleasing to the eye.

Thanks JK1 :)
Brian V.

[alliec]

Number three is wonderful. Nice idea too showing it opening.

[LordV]

Number three is wonderful. Nice idea too showing it opening.
Thanks Alistair :)
Keep on meaning to do that properly with a camera/tripod and do a time lapse but a bit worried about leaving a camera and tripod in the front garden :)

Brian V.

[headster]

Beautiful series with great colours! As a stand alone shot #3 is my favourite!

Dennis

[LindaB]

Yeah, #3 is a great shot of the dandelion - there is more to them than you would imagine seeing the detail there. The little wasp is lovely too :-)

Linda

[Joe'sMom]

These are fantastic--I never realized that each little yellow spire splits and curls on the end till I macro'd one last spring---even weeds are interesting when you get really close!

[Photogirl2007]

These are WOW ones again Brian. Great series. :)

[newb2pro_1day_or_so]

WOW. That's all I can say. Honestly, how can you pull off such wonderful pictures from the typical "garden wee?" Aslo, I tried reading the exif data on the shots and couldn't. Is it my error or are they not attached to these photos?

[Zayets]

Brian, you never cease to amaze me with your work. These are simply beautiful.

[LordV]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone- much appreciated :)

Dan - these pics are focus stacked from around 4 to 5 shots each to increase the DOF- the software czm strips the exif data. The original stacks were taken in M mode- ettl flash, 1/200th F7.1 to F10 ISO200.

Brian V.

[newb2pro_1day_or_so]

Thanks Brian. I am still literally amazed at how wonderful of a job you do with the stacking. I've tried and tried, I'm getting better, but it's very difficult.