Dandelions – Final Selection

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I decided to choose 3 images for my final selection of dandelion photographs.

I chose them because they tell the story of the plant loosing its seeds in three different ways. The photo series also links to title ‘I am destroyed’, with the loss of seeds making the plant appear weaker.

For the first image of the set I layered multiple photos together to represent the movement of the dandelion and how in nature the wind and movement are major factor in the plant loosing its seeds. I then wanted to focus on the detail of the seeds themselves, producing a detail shot of the falling seeds. Instead of photographing the plant at different stages of loosing its seeds, I wanted to use a detail shot to break up the repetitive composition. Finally I shot a simple ‘portrait’ of the plant without its seeds, surrounded by negative space which puts the plant in a venerable place.