Dandelion Puff

Dandelion Puff, v. 1

I took a close-up photograph of a dandelion puff to submit to an art competition featuring "weeds." The photo, above, received basic color correction. The next photo, below, was tweaked a little bit more in photoshop.

Dandelion Puff, v. 2

This final image, below, resulted when my son, T., suggested really cranking up the darks and lightening the lights:

Dandelion Puff, v. 3

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Nancy Pelosi sketch

Here is a quick sketch of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi that I drew while watching President Obama's address to the joint session of Congress last night:
And here she is with a little color. Can anyone enlighten me as to the actual color of her interesting suit? On my television, it was very pea green.