THE PHOTO:
My long-held fasciation with the common dandelion can be seen from my earlier examples:

 20 Apr, 2011
Small World

 17 Apr, 2011
Cluster

 11 Feb, 2007
Here One Day

 12 Feb, 2007
Gone The Next

 11 May, 2007
Skeletal Orb

 30 Mar, 2006
My Dandelion

POST-PROCESSING:
Crop, sharpen, vignette.

EXIF:

• Aperture: ƒ/5
• Camera: NIKON D700
• Taken: 15 September, 2012
• Focal length: 150mm
• ISO: 800
• Shutter speed: 1/50s