Dandelion

Posted on June 23, 2011 by spilledinkguy

Here’s a dandelion for my 100th post. Taraxacum officinale (according to Wikipedia, anyway). I’m terrible at Latin. And remembering stuff.

Steve Zissou: “Who’s gonna tell us the Latin names of all the fishes and everything? You know I can’t remember all that s***. Please stop, Elanor! Elanor stop! Why are you leaving?”

Elanor Zissou: “I’m leaving because I don’t want to be a part of whatever is going to happen out there.”

Steve Zissou: “Nobody knows what’s going to happen. And then we film it. That’s the whole concept.”

Vladimir Wolodarsky: “That’s how we’ve always done it…”

Bill Murray, Angelica Houston & Noah Taylor – The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

About this image: digital photograph, moderately modified

40 thoughts on “Dandelion”

Juana on June 23, 2011 at 5:27 am said:

Oh, my… I feel like picking up that dandelion and putting it in a vase!! Everything you do is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo wonderful!!!
By the way I am terrible at Latin also, but then again…. why bother learning? what do we have Elanor for?

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 4:47 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much, Juana –
  you have always been so wonderfully kind – I very much appreciate your visits!
  Hahaha…. exactly! It’s her gig, you know! 🙂
  
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Kieran Hamilton on June 23, 2011 at 6:26 am said:

Amazing pic, such great textures! And what a film, I love The Life Aquatic!

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 4:53 pm said:
  
  Thanks Mr. H – I appreciate that!
  I’m happy to hear that – I’m a huge fan of Wes Anderson movies (and Bill Murray is one of my favorites as well)!
  🙂
  
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milkayphoto on June 23, 2011 at 7:01 am said:

You’ve elevated the lowly dandelion to greatness! 🙂 LOVE the hint of heart shape!

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 5:04 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much, M.P. –
  Wish I could take more credit for all that… luckily that stuff just came mostly built-in!
  🙂
  
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urban muser on June 23, 2011 at 7:35 am said:

i am a sucker for any kind of flower, even a weed! i love this photo!!

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 5:05 pm said:
  
  Thanks, U.M. –
  my father and my wife are on completely opposite ends of the Dandelion appreciation spectrum…
  🙂
  
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Eden on June 23, 2011 at 8:06 am said:

Nice!

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 5:05 pm said:
  
  Thanks very much, Eden!
  🙂
  
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Jb on June 23, 2011 at 8:31 am said:

Aw the official flower of summer. Very nice my friend.

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 5:05 pm said:
  
  Hahaha… you said it, sir! Summer on!
  🙂
  
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thedailydish on June 23, 2011 at 8:40 am said:

I know I’m in the vast minority, but I for one LOVE DANDELIONS! Hope you and Annabelle had a wonderful anniversary yesterday.

PS: Happy 100th!

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 5:06 pm said:
  
  My wife loves them, too!
  I’m more or less neutral (probably because we don’t have our own lawn)…
  Thanks so much, Dishy – you are very kind!
  🙂
  
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Lenore Diane on June 23, 2011 at 9:10 am said:

The shape resembles a heart. Nice!

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 5:07 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Ms. D!
  I think it got a bit ‘smushified’ when I tried to bend the flower down into view…
  🙂
  
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frigginloon on June 23, 2011 at 10:02 am said:

OK, I give up, is that a friggin octopus in the background?

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 5:08 pm said:
  
  Hahaha…
  It’s that cleaver land ~~shark~~ octopus!
  🙂
  
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Jillsy Girl on June 23, 2011 at 12:04 pm said:

dandelions are so photogenic!!

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 5:08 pm said:
  
  And ~~cheap~~ plentiful, too! 🙂
  
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ramoncito17 on June 23, 2011 at 12:40 pm said:

very interesting way of presenting the dandelions by contrasting it with an industrial metal background. Very nice indeed!

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 5:10 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much, sir!
  I’m liking metal as a background more and more…
  it’s got great textures and it seems fairly versatile!
  🙂
  
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Syncopated Eyeball on June 23, 2011 at 12:47 pm said:

I like Dandelions, too. This is like a glamour portrait for one of them. 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 5:10 pm said:
  
  That’s very nice to hear, S.E. – thank you!
  I hear this one has a nice ‘walk’…
  🙂
  
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frizztext on June 23, 2011 at 12:48 pm said:

Dandelion in German: Pusteblume!
congrats for your 100th post!

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 5:11 pm said:
  
  Very interesting!
  Thanks much, sir!
  🙂
  
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Tony McGurk on June 23, 2011 at 4:00 pm said:

I really like these style of photos you do what ever the style is called. Did you know that Dandelion in Australian is Dandelion.

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 5:12 pm said:
  
  Hahaha…
  I feel so worldly!
  🙂
  
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Robert X. Jones on June 23, 2011 at 4:07 pm said:

Cool effect and well executed as per your usual. One hundred already? Seems like you just started this a couple of months ago.

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 5:13 pm said:
  
  My thanks to you, sir!
  Time sure does fly!
  🙂
  
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Redneckprincess on June 23, 2011 at 6:36 pm said:

I adore your photography…just so you know 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 7:47 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much for your kind words, R.N.P.!
  🙂
  
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Binky on June 23, 2011 at 8:08 pm said:

A dandelion never looked so good! It’s funny how taking away the color changes how we perceive things. Not sure what the background is, but it looks good, too.

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- spilledinkguy on June 23, 2011 at 8:19 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much, Binky!
  That’s true… we get so used to seeing a world of color… I think I almost take it for granted at times.
  The background is a metal plate covering up a bad spot in our store’s attic floor… they’re kinda cool, I think!
  🙂
  
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elmediat on June 23, 2011 at 10:18 pm said:

Wonderful shot – steampunk Dandelion whine ! I can hear it. Effective use of tone and background.

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- spilledinkguy on June 28, 2011 at 6:41 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much!
  I really like using roughed up metal as backgrounds… they seem to add a bit of interest without being too distracting (I hope, anyway)! 🙂
  
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greysqrl on June 26, 2011 at 8:13 am said:

this is a great photo, love what you’ve done with it.

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- spilledinkguy on June 28, 2011 at 6:43 pm said:
  
  That is very nice to hear!
  I’m fairly happy with this one… for the moment, anyway!
  🙂
  
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Unapologetically Mundane on June 28, 2011 at 8:09 pm said:

Ahhh, dandelions. I never disliked them, but my mom had an almost OCD-like need to pick every last one out of our expansive yard growing up. Now I haven’t seen one in YEARS. Not a lot of yards in NYC, you know. Lovely!

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- spilledinkguy on June 28, 2011 at 8:11 pm said:
  
  Hahaha… I think your mother and father shared a similar ‘condition’! I think I might too, if I had a yard.
  
  Thank you very much, U.M.!
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