Lavender Lovely

Gallery: FloraPosted June 8, 2013128 views8 comments

Sony A77
Tokina AT-X Pro 300, 20mm xt
ISO 200, 1/640 @ f5.6

Despite our garden still putting out a bunch of wonderful subjects, I decided to indulge myself last weekend and took a trip to the Mercer Arboretum to check out the water lilies. This was one of the best of the bunch. All comments welcome. >=))>

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 8, 2013 at 8:11 PM

Bill, a perfect shot of the lily, with lovely color and detail. I am wondering if toning down the OOF pad in the URC might give the lily better presence.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on June 9, 2013 at 6:11 AM

Excellent comp and colors Bill, I especially like the glow of the yellow's. Beautifully seen and presented.
John

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 9, 2013 at 11:02 AM

Hi Bill

Extremely well composed showing the beautiful lines and color of this lily. very fine work

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 9, 2013 at 1:21 PM

Very cool, Bill. I love the glowing center on this one.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on June 9, 2013 at 3:16 PM

Beautifully composed, Bill, with that lovely area of paler green in the URC. What I most enjoy about this is the way you've pushed the whites and yellows in the centre to the limit and retained such detail. Lovely !!!

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on June 9, 2013 at 5:45 PM

I love the colors Bill. Like Phil I think toning down the URC might even make this even stronger.
Bob

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Comment posted by scott lanz on June 9, 2013 at 9:13 PM

A beautiful water lily image, Bill. Perfectly composed. I like the bg, but I also would darken the green patch in the urc.

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Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on June 10, 2013 at 12:29 PM

Very nice image, Bill. Colors and sharpness are great.

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