weeds are flowers too

In this age of equality for all, I think it's fair that the humble weed gets the recognition it deserves.

I love dandelions in particular.  Their structure fascinates me and makes me think that something so utterly inconsequential and abundant should be such a complex structure and complete life cycle.

They are, in one word, absolutely beautiful.

On one of my regular walks, I decided to try and photograph the three stages of a dandelion's life from flower, through the full "clock" seed head to its demise.

All images were shot handheld with my Fujifilm X-T5 and 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 lens.  Camera settings were f5, 1/125th of a second and ISO of 800.

I'm so happy with the final image, and actually think it's one of the best images I've ever shot.

Of course, I filmed the whole experience for posterity (and YouTube) and you can watch it just by clicking below.  It's all witchcraft I tell ye...