Milkweed Seeds in the Sun
The delicate wisps of these seeds on a milkweed pod amazed me.
The delicate wisps of these seeds on a milkweed pod amazed me.
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Canon EOS 80D
Aperture f/5.6 ISO 200 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 235/1 
Vassar, Michigan, US
Jun, 2019Views
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photographybykristijo
August 22, 2022
Typo… not sure where the question marks came from- simply beautiful 👍😊
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Location
This photo was taken beside a stream at a roadside park near my home town of Vassar, Michigan.Time
I took this image at a little past 4pm on a bright fall day.Lighting
The lighting was all ambient, slightly backlit by the sun.Equipment
This image was taken with my Canon 80D, with my Canon EF-S 55-250mm zoom set at a focal length of 235mm. ISO was set at 200, aperture at f/5.6, and a shutter speed of 1/500 s.Inspiration
I had been shooting at several different locations in my home town, and I had visited this small roadside park to try to capture some images of the little creek that flows through it. I spotted this milkweed along the banks of the creek, and snapped the picture!Editing
Yes, I used Luminar to edit this RAW image, cropping and adjusting the colors and applying some sharpening to bring out the fine details of the wispy milkweed seeds.In my camera bag
I typically carry my Canon 80D with five lenses (Canon 50mm f/1.8, 10-18mm wide angle zoom, 18-55mm zoom, and 55-250mm zoom, and Tokina 100mm macro prime lens). I also have my Haida M10 pro filter holder with a 10-stop ND and 3-stop GND filter and circular polarizer. Of course, I always have my standard accessories like spare batteries, lens hoods, memory cards, etc., and I carry a Godox V860-II speedlight with MagMod Sphere & MagBeam flash modifiers with color gels and gobos.Feedback
My advice is always simple...soak up everything about where you are, and feel the story that starts to reveal itself about your subject and your surroundings. I'm always amazed that eventually a compelling story begins to emerge, and my job then becomes how best to capture that story. Sometimes that's easy to do, sometimes it's damn hard, and sometimes I'm not able to do it at all. It's those times that I just enjoy the story and the moment, and then later it drives me to get better at my craft so in the future I can perhaps succeed.
