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Wet Fall Lily Pads
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Wet Fall Lily Pads

by Mark Seaver

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted May 1, 2014236 views9 comments
Here's a look at the hardy lilies growing in my pond after a rain. Although this looks very similar to a view I posted in Landscape last fall, this was taken a day earlier. If you look closely, you can see a grid pattern reflected in the water plus there are lots of extra lines around the edges of the pads. Both effects are from the reflection of the deer exclosure that I had to install to keep a couple of the deer from eating all of the lilies. (5D3, 100mm macro L, 1/125s, f/10, iso 400, tripod)

Oops, this is a 10 image stack...forgot that in the original description.

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on May 1, 2014 at 3:01 PM
A beautiful range of colors. Quite nice. f/10 did a good job too.
Registered on March 13, 2012, 279 Posts, 975 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 1, 2014 at 3:39 PM
I like the the great range of fall color & the rain drops of course, can't really see the 'grid pattern' from your deer defense line though :smile:
Great details/DOF and angle of view Mark! :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Ramy on May 1, 2014 at 6:01 PM
Another sweet image from the pond Mark,
I especially like the patterns in the water created by the lilies in this one, makes it look alive.
Great post for this WC . . . :toast:
Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments
Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on May 1, 2014 at 7:43 PM
Another excellent take on this site, Mark. I do see the grids you mention in some of the water areas between the pads. Too bad the deer are so persistent, but at this scale the image is, it is still a very fine example of the natural look of the pond and lilies. I sure enjoy seeing those really large pads covered in the water drops too. Nice work...... :cool:
Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on May 2, 2014 at 12:11 AM
Very sharp image of the raindrops on the lily pads, Mark. Almost looks like you did stacking with this being so sharp. :smile: I like the varying colors of the lily pads, the wonderful raindrops scattered throughout, and the ripple lines in the water around the lily pads. Nice you could find some pristine pads to center your photo. The others look pretty ragged but I guess that's to be expected by the time fall rolls around.
Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments
Comment posted by Wayne Jones on May 2, 2014 at 3:16 AM
This is gorgeous, Mark... for all the elements already mentioned. I even thing the ragged leaves add to the character here. The reflection of the fence is barely visible, so I don't think it's a big problem. Better to have that than no plants to shoot!
Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Minish on May 2, 2014 at 10:12 PM
This is very nice, Mark! The rounded edges from the surface tension gives everything a painted look and the colors and details are excellent. I probably wouldn't have noticed the fencing grid if you hadn't mentioned it. I'm surprised that you could get 10 exposures without any movement of the leaves but it sure did the trick, it's sharp from front to back.
Registered on February 4, 2006, 625 Posts, 3583 Comments
Comment posted by gary phillips on May 3, 2014 at 3:15 AM
Front to back, side to side, everywhere I look there is something in extreme focus to see. Wonderful composition and a beautiful little treasure you have in your back yard. If had any suggestion at all, it would be to clone out the tip of green in the upper left. Great work as usual, Mark. :wavey:
Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
Comment posted by Holger Streu on November 5, 2014 at 3:51 PM
Very sharp image as one can expect with a macro lens.
Color pallet is interesting. I wonder, what it would look like with a polarizer.
It should have darkened the water, but maintain the reflections and ripples?
Registered on September 19, 2011, 50 Posts, 113 Comments