Dandelion Clocks

Close-up of a Dandelion Clock (Canon EOS 5D 251 mm, 1/200 sec at f/6.3, ISO 640)

Not the greatest day for being out and about for photography today but I noticed some Dandelion Clocks by the road side near our house and thought I would try and get a nice close-up shot.  The above shot is heavily cropped but came out quite nicely.  I also tried converting this to B&W (see below) and I quite like that as it focuses your attention on the patterns of the seed heads.  I also edited a few cropped less and I like the colour option better for these, but the sharp versus the soft focus effect is also interesting.