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Easter Lily
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Easter Lily

by Michael Lowe

Gallery: FloraPosted April 17, 2014163 views9 comments
Mine aren't coming up this year, so searched through some Longwood garden files.Don't know the techs, but I know I did a lot of burning around the flowers to focus attention on them.

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Nathan Buck on April 17, 2014 at 12:43 PM
Wonderful photo and excellent processing Michael! I love the comp that you used - with sharpness through the blooms and wonderful supporting greenery. Fabulous photo!

Nathan
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on April 17, 2014 at 9:07 PM
Gorgeous, Michael. No nits. :toast:
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 17, 2014 at 11:01 PM
Utterly gorgeous work, Michael. The whites look perfect, and your work on the foliage really makes the blooms pop. Wonderful dof-was this a stack?

:toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Michael Lowe on April 18, 2014 at 4:27 AM
Thanks for the comments. No focus stack, Dennis. I'm sure I shot this with wide angle zoom, so dof was not a problem.
Registered on February 11, 2004, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Smith on April 18, 2014 at 5:06 PM
So fresh, elegant and natural! The b/g lighting of the greenery serves this well….The minor nit…I haven’t figured out the dark line above the rt bloom/ left-side petal located where the edge touches the top petal…? Clone out? As is …nearly perfect in my book.
Registered on September 5, 2008, 449 Posts, 2444 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Fach on April 18, 2014 at 5:57 PM
Michael: Wonderful subjects superbly captured. I especially like the lighting and the dusting of pollen on the right bloom. Most excellent.>=))>
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on April 19, 2014 at 11:38 AM
This is exceptional Michael! Beautiful processing for the white and detail in the leaves. Very nice!

Sanjay
Registered on April 9, 2013, 107 Posts, 725 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 19, 2014 at 7:04 PM
These are lovely! They have such a nice glow and the details are wonderfully sharp. Very well done.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on April 21, 2014 at 10:37 PM
Hi Michael :wavey: Everyone loves this one :jump: excellent colors , light and detail :toast:

Albert Darmo
Canada
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments