Dandelions are Free - Installment #2

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I continue on the portrayal of my all-time favourite favourite, the dandelion.

Also known as Taraxacum officinale,  belonging to the Daisy Family (Asteraceae), and known to give botanists headaches of massive intensity. Everything about these flowers is "wrong". They speciation is not following the nice definition of a Linnaean species in taxonomy, their prodigous seed set is not a result of any usual sexual activity, and yet they attract pollinators in the plenty often without having any pollen to offer .... Even the scientific name is confusing and probably illegal according to the rules of the International Botanical Committe. Does the dandelion care? No, not at all. They are free.

A glimpse into their confusing world, entitled

Sisters In Arms



Enjoy.

[Jørgen Ramskov]

Certainly a very different view. Macro in UV?

[Bjørn Rørslett]

IR, actually.

(there is a later instalment  to show UV)

[Jørgen Ramskov]

Ahh...having tried neither, I have trouble spotting whether it's IR or UV.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

You will understand and appreciate the difference when a UV image is presented ....

[Gary]

I like how you see. For me your are seeing what isn't there. But it is there ... I just don't see it.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Thanks, Gary.

Actually I hadn't seen  this image for a long time myself and it suddenly appeared as an indirect consequence of the photo mining I'm currently obliged to conduct (reasons why shall remain unsaid).

Had to search in my archive to find any details and turned out it was taken on my front porch using a D70 (modified) and the Oude Delft 50 mm f/0.75 Rayyxar lens. The poor D70 ran at its shortest exposure time and in fact I had to repair from the back deck (which is to the south) to the shaded front of my house in order not to blow the file too much. The lens itself has no aperture.