Lily Fountain

Gallery: FloraPosted June 7, 2014160 views10 comments

Sony A77
Minolta 100mm macro
ISO 200, 1/30 @ f16

I love cruising our garden early in the morning and discovering the day lilies that have opened overnight. I do wish the BG was a bit less chaotic but I thought the light on the bloom carried the day. All comments welcome.>=))>

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10 comments

Comment posted by gary phillips on June 7, 2014 at 2:27 PM

I'm pretty sure you must have wired a light on the inside of this lily, Bill.

It looks like a luminaria. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 7, 2014 at 3:39 PM

Lovely presentation. The luminous base is wondrous! Had you thought, perhaps, about doing a vertical pano, to include the clipped petals?

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Comment posted by scott lanz on June 7, 2014 at 9:30 PM

Superb use of the backlighting, Bill.

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on June 8, 2014 at 1:45 AM

Beautiful image, Bill. Liked that yellow glow from with in the flower. Simple & effective composition.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 8, 2014 at 7:16 AM

I am going to get on the bandwagon. Beautiful lite. That glow in the flower is what makes the image.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 8, 2014 at 4:57 PM

Bill - Cannot wait for Daylilies to bloom here. May be 2 more weeks.

Love the well lit throat which is where I made many of my abstracts

- I also like the fact that Stamens/Stigma are all in excellent focus.

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Comment posted by Bob/Charly Nelson on June 8, 2014 at 7:24 PM

The light is just wonderful in this portrait Bill.
Bob & Charly

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 9, 2014 at 4:30 AM

Bill:

Wonderful lighting especially near the base of the bloom. Good to see the stamen and stigma are all sharply focused and there is probably not much you can do about the bg to get the depth that you need. May be selecting post processing blur to the bg?

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on June 10, 2014 at 11:36 PM

Spectacular Bill! You picked a very nice bloom and caught the light just right. Wonderful sharpness and color. Great shot!

Sanjay

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on June 12, 2014 at 4:54 PM

The very elegant dress of gold and purple catches the eyes that ignore what is happening behinde. A splendid light at dawn that creates also splendid colors. Bill, I too get up very early in the morning for shooting photos. 80% of my images are taken at sunrise or at sunset.
Cheers.

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