Glass bell + repost

Gallery: FloraPosted October 2, 2011127 views16 comments

This lily of the valley was taken after a spring shower.
I like how the droplet covers the flower, it reminds me a glass bell.

40D 60mm
f8 1/60
ISO 400

Thanks for viewing.
C&C are very welcome.

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Bob Duff on October 2, 2011 at 11:43 AM

It does indeed look like a glass bell. Well seen and captured Monica.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on October 2, 2011 at 11:57 AM

Well seen, Monica. The main subject very interesting. Might have been great to have gone closer to the main subject

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on October 2, 2011 at 12:03 PM

Thanks Bob and Ram.
Ram, I have one more closer, but I liked this little bell in the middle of the leaves. Thanks for your suggestion.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on October 2, 2011 at 12:22 PM

Nice focal point, Monica. The LOTV does look like a glass bell. Hope you took some images from a different angle as well as this one. I wonder what this would have looked like taken as seen more from the left.

Regards,

Carol

PS Really like the cropped version, Monica.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on October 2, 2011 at 12:23 PM

Love the sparkles Monica and the detail. I might consider a slight crop up from the bottom to 7:5 just to better emphasize the bell and eliminate what I consider the only dull part of the image. Beautiful image as posted.

pat

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on October 2, 2011 at 12:38 PM

Great to have observed this in the first place. It brings to mind a chrystal paper weight. You have a hit here Monika.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on October 2, 2011 at 12:38 PM

Thanks everybody for the comments. Here a cropped version.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on October 2, 2011 at 1:16 PM

Monica, Thanks for the repost. I like the repost version much better than the original

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on October 2, 2011 at 4:59 PM

Creative composition - the repost is far superior to the original image.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on October 2, 2011 at 5:29 PM

Well seen, Monica. Yet IMHO you should have gone closer or used a longer lens with ET

Anyway the repost is better by far !
Mauro

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 2, 2011 at 6:49 PM

Monica, this is a very well seen image. I like the way the main leaf and the drops of water lead the eye to the main subject. At first I thought a crop from the top might look nice, but after looking at the image for a while I don't think the crop would add to the image.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 2, 2011 at 7:27 PM

My first thought without reading your comments or others was of a glass bell. Excellent dof and pof for this expression.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on October 2, 2011 at 8:40 PM

Monica:
Beautiful glass bell. The repost is better although I like the appearance of the drops on the edge of the sharply sloping leaf like near the edge of a precipice. Good find and excellent photography.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on October 2, 2011 at 10:18 PM

Hi monica

i'm glad i waited for the cropped version! It's much stronger!! The droplet on the lily is the star of the show,This is a delightful capture

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on October 4, 2011 at 1:11 PM

Great eye Monica, this is unexpected and so well presented.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 8, 2011 at 9:05 AM

Love this, it's a unique image Monica.
Great interest with the unusual bell shaped water that covers the flower of course..
The comp makes one feel like they're on a journey into the wonderful & mysterious land of macro

Very nice, great eye for the shot!

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