After the Flower

I like this composition and your name really helps to give meaning to it; "After the Flower", because, on the left you have a bud and then on the right the result after the flower, and the mind is left to consider what happenes in between, which is not in the image present, but which transits the mind nonetheless.

I like this because it helps us understand the origin of images, if we care to look for it.

It kind of reminds me of fireworks, in a way, in very slow motion; the burst in the center, the bud traveling up the stem yet to burst, and the lower one that came before. The smoothness of the bokeh background is great and devoid of all forms, yet its luminance helps the eye to focus on the center of the frrame, and as my wife point out when I showed this to her, the sharpness of all of the fine filaments of the former flower fuzz is great, thanks to f/13.

Nice work.

Nicely done shot, Richard. I really like the look of that puffball. . .you handled the whites well and show great details. Your DOF choice also has given you a good nondistracting background. Nice comp and use of vertical orientation. Great for the theme.