Lily of the Valley

Gallery: FloraPosted May 15, 2014735 views12 comments

My Lily of the Valley flowers are in full bloom right now and spreading their wonderful scent! I find them hard to photograph "in place" so I cut a few flowers and leaves, arranged them in a plamp (has a spike on one end to put in the ground), and arranged the plamp to utilize some grass for the background.

Canon 60D. 180mm macro lens. F/7.1 for 1/80 sec. ISO 100. Tripod mounted, natural lighting.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 15, 2014 at 5:29 PM

Especially sweet light, it makes the shot for me Carolyn.
Pleasing comp, you did a fine job arranging IMHO.
I do think you could get away with a little off the top, putting the flowers a bit higher in the frame.
Beautiful work!

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on May 15, 2014 at 6:47 PM

Very nice arrangement of these beautiful little flowers. Beautiful bg. Very nicely done, Carolyn!

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Comment posted by Jeffrey Sipress on May 15, 2014 at 6:55 PM

That's just pretty. Nice imaging, Carolyn.

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Comment posted by Bob/Charly Nelson on May 15, 2014 at 8:27 PM

Wonderful composition and POF Carolyn. I like everything about this.
Bob

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on May 15, 2014 at 9:29 PM

This is really nice Carolyn. Your arrangement shows off these beautiful blooms really well. Nice BG work too. This is very pretty.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Michael Cothran on May 15, 2014 at 9:40 PM

Lovely processing. The green-on-green foreground/background really works well. Very nice composition too.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 15, 2014 at 11:21 PM

Carolyn - Pure eye candy. Superb shot

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 16, 2014 at 1:15 AM

Lovely image, Carolyn. An excellent arrangement of a flower I remember fondly.I like the green-on-green with the white bells accenting it.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on May 16, 2014 at 2:01 AM

That is a nice presentation of these lil’ charmers. Well done! Blurred b/g accented by brighter center improves this.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 16, 2014 at 11:57 AM

Beautiful composition and tonality, Carolyn, with a nicely graded bg. Personally I like the way you've left a fair bit of space at the top - the whole image has a lovely, joyous airy feel to it !!

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 16, 2014 at 7:33 PM

Gorgeous light and a fine composition. I agree that reducing the space at the top might make the image a bit stronger. Beautiful as posted.

pat

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Comment posted by Christine Adams on May 23, 2014 at 4:53 AM

These are one of my favorite flowers. The positioning looks natural and very pleasant to the eyes.

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