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smirnese Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 90 W: 0 N: 77] (218)
I was in Kultur Park looking for bugs to take pictures but it was too sunny to find a bug:( So I decided to take pictures of flowers:)

This shiny flower is a Taraxacum officinale (also known as Dandelion).

The name Dandelion comes from a Middle French phrase "dent de lion" meaning 'lion's tooth' - based on the deeply toothed edges of the leaves of this weed.

There are a great many sub-species of dandelions. From a distance many species of hawkbits can be mistaken for dandelions. True dandelions have hollow stems and when picked, bleed a milky liquid known as latex.

The flowerhead is made up of lots of small florets packed together in a flat disc.

There are many myths and mysteries about the dandelion, including the belief that picking them will cause incontinence.

The leaves are sometimes used as a salad vegetable and the flowers are used in making dandelion wine.
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smirnese Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 90 W: 0 N: 77] (218)
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0
Edited by:loot Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5452 W: 594 N: 3651] (10035)
Hi Serhan

I have done this workshop purely to address the focus as the rest of your photo is quite fine.

Post Processing.
USM: Amount = max, Radius = 0.9 & Threshold = 0, and then I used the "Noise" filter to despeckle.
After that I applied the default settings in the "Noiseware Community Edition" to remove the noise.

I hope you like it.
Regards
Loot