2012, Day 142 - Lion's mane

I know I missed the big dandelion crazy of a month or so ago but while talking a walk the other evening I found this fine specimen.  I liked the fact that half of the seed pods were already gone, it is like a cross section view without having to go to the trouble.  During my Photoshop tweaking I decided the colors were a distraction from all the textures so I converted to black and white and then added a little toning to warm it up a touch.  Sometimes simplicity is best.

Canon 1Ds Mark III, Canon 100/f2.8L IS
100mm, f4, 1/100 sec @ 500 ISO