My son challenged me last spring to take an interesting photo of a dandelion

Question

because of a lack of time I only got a few shots, is this interesting enough or could there be more?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21125021@N05/2725988337/in/datetaken/

Answer 1

I'm afraid, this is not what you wanted to hear - but I find this shot very boring.

Why?

1. It's vaguely centered, but a bit off-center, which disturbs me. If you want to make a good shot, it should be either clearly off center with  something to balance it out or in perfectly dead-center position. But never just a bit off-center.

2. Even though good depth of field shown, image seems pretty flat to me. No perception of depth. Just a circle over a washed out background.

3. What's "interesting" about it? It's just a dandelion... It doesn't tell a story...

If I was asked to make an interesting shot, I would have probably tried to employ an assistant who would gently blow one for me, staying out of a frame, and I'd try to capture a shot of the trail of feathers flying, with half-blown flower off-center. For bonus - to make it more interesting, I'd also shoot from low angle and with interesting background. Ideally some sort of sunset.... Now that would be what I call INTERESTING, as opposed to just a technically good shot that doesn't tell a story....

LEM.

Answer 2

I really like it. I love the colors in the center.

Answer 3

Good shot

Answer 4

Very cool.....about as interesting as you can get with a dandelion. Unless of course you took a picture of a clown holding a dandelion!

Answer 5

I like it.

Answer 6

I think it's beautiful - nice job.

Answer 7

The bokeh is very interesting, but that's about it.  The subject is in the center of the photo, which makes it slightly boring.  Try playing around with composition and the rule of thirds.  I would definitely keep the dof the same.

Answer 8

this is pretty good

but, it out could have

not made it so centeredd.

it would have been so much better. (:

otherwise its awesome. (: