Dandelion art

It was a funny image to work on. I took it during our weekend walk on the Coralville Lake. Simple subject, you probably have seen millions of those before. I knew I would go black and white, and I needed it sharp and I needed blurred background. I was planning to process it using the Luminance masks using Zone System, but the export to Photoshop was creating posterizing effect, no idea how. I gave up troubleshooting, and just went with Lightroom, which worked just as I needed…