Dandelions

I saw some cool examples of dandelions online and I wanted to try it myself. So I thought of a setup and decided to give it a go. Here's the setup:

I wanted an interesting background so I decided to use a plant in the background to make a green pattern. I also placed a green fabric over the TV so any holes would have some green to it.

I used 2 flashes with diffusers to make it softer. The left one is on the side and the right one is on a 45 degree.

The tricky part was finding the right distance to the subject and background. I had limited space and if I closed my aperture more than F/8, I would start to see too many details in the background.

These were shot with my Fujifilm X-T3 + Rokinon 50mm 1.2 + Macro tube. This is out of camera raw with Lightroom presets (Adobe Color):

This was my first attempt and I wasn't satisfied with it so I decided to give it another go a couple of days later and came up with this:

I'm much happier with this. I adjusted the yellow in HSL to make it greener. There's also some local adjustment to increase clarity on the point of focus and some dodge and burn. I should've focused stack to get the top of the seed in focus as well.

50mm 1sec F/8 ISO 160

I also took this shot before pulling all the seeds.

This was fun to set up and prepare. Just need to be prepared to ruin more than 1 flower. I also timed how long you have until the flower starts to bend and it's around 30 minutes.