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Photo posted by Gary Yeoh in the Flora gallery on 12/07/11 at 09:49 am EST
Registered on 09/01/09, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Post last edited by Gary Yeoh on 01/11/12 at 7:56 pm EST
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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on 12/07/11 at 1:17 pm EST
Registered on 10/29/11, 92 Posts, 1035 Comments
Gary, follow your heart & your interests! I like the elegance of this flower. I find myself wanting to see a comp where the flower is in the lower left corner w/ more space on the right. Not sure if that would have been possible though. Either way it is still a superb image! 
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Tonia L. Graves
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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on 12/07/11 at 3:03 pm EST
Registered on 01/21/10, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments
Awesome picture, Gary.
You already know I love your classic camera shot !
I miss them from time to time 
Mauro
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Mauro Pasquero
Pino Torinese - Torino
Italy |
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 12/07/11 at 4:54 pm EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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Oh yes, Gary! The details in the lotus bloom are terrific. I also like the hide and seek sense that the foreground leaf gives and the subtle purple in the petal tips.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
Weekly Challenge Moderator
Macro/Close Up Moderator |
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Comment posted by scott lanz on 12/07/11 at 8:16 pm EST
Registered on 11/14/03, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Gary, you are the master of the lotus, and I do like the fan shape of the leaf in the lower left, but I'd still be tempted to crop the left side to center the flower which is looking out of the frame. I realize that this suggestion is based on a standard rule of comp, and that rules of comp are meant to be broken in the interest of originality, but, in this case, I think this would make this even better. However, it's a beautiful image just as is as well. 
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scott lanz
Youngstown, Ohio
www.lanzscape.com |
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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on 12/07/11 at 8:54 pm EST
Registered on 09/01/09, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Thanks everyone for your comments.
Tonia, Mark & Scott:
I know this image breaks the rule of composition. I have indeed tried various crop as you have suggested but ended including the large shape pad which actually moves around with the wind (and hence the high iso) causing the lotus to come in and out of view... playing hide and seek as Mark said.
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Comment posted by Todd Bielby on 12/08/11 at 1:55 pm EST
Registered on 03/10/11, 169 Posts, 392 Comments
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Love the shot Gary. Makes me miss the summer already.
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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on 12/09/11 at 07:54 am EST
Registered on 05/18/07, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments
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The eccentricity of the composition is the highlight for me here, Gary - you get the sense of the flower peeping out and yearning to be photographed ! Apart, perhaps, from the uppermost petal the flower looks pretty pristine to me.
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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on 12/10/11 at 7:48 pm EST
Registered on 05/19/07, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments
Superb comp and crystal crispness. Exceptional image for my tastes Gary.
pat
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on 12/10/11 at 7:52 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
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Gary: Brilliant comp of a stunning subject. I always love your lotus shots. This one is a real treat. >=))>
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Bill Fach
Soli Deo Gloria
www.sdgimages.com
Houston, Texas
Flora Gallery Moderator |
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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on 12/11/11 at 5:11 pm EST
Registered on 02/03/07, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments
Gary, I like very much the color and light contrasts between petals and leaves. This make the photo for me.
Take care.
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Gigi
I never stop going out in search of the beautiful picture that - for my great luck - I will never take. |
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This one is shot this summer. Although this lotus is not as pristine as others I have posted, I like the pose and how the pads framed the flower.
