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Thank you janress. I was considering a square crop (see fotonote),
which put the sharp dandelion nicely according to the rule of thirds,
but thought the characteristic curves of the stems were a plus which
would be lost in the square composition.

Thank you Volker!
I noticed the lower part looked awful, when the embedded color profile
was not read (most browsers)! In Safari and in Photoshop (where the
color profile is read), the banding/noise disappeared in the shadows,
so I didn't see it until I viewed it in Firefox. Should be fixed now.