Prairie Fire & Rain

Gallery: FloraPosted June 24, 2014121 views9 comments

The wood or prairie lily is an uncommon to rare plant of mesic prairies in the Midwest. I found this particular flower during a rain shower and I did not expect to find any on this particular trip. I still have a little more work to do with this image as the jpeg version is slightly more saturated than the tif file. Pentax K5 IIs, 300mm DA* F4 plus 32mm Extension (1/640 sec. at f5.0, ISO 500). 16 image stack (Pmax) Levels, Curves, Rubber stamp tool for artifact removal, Topaz Detail..................Jim

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9 comments

Comment posted by Krunal Janani on June 25, 2014 at 1:49 AM

Lovely details on the anthers Jim,
the dew/rain drops just add more charisma to the image.

1 nit & that wud be to try an horizontal orientation & include the whole flower maybe

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 25, 2014 at 5:51 PM

Very good detail, clarity, and striking color.. This wood lily's beautiful Jim.
I like the title, excellent PP

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 25, 2014 at 6:08 PM

Jim - This is a very bold Composition and I like it very much

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I also like the excellent DOF which has covered everything that is there to cover in the flower

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 25, 2014 at 7:03 PM

Excellent stack and detail. All the good stuff is there, but I'm with Krunai in a preference for the horizontal, mostly because I cannot think of a reason to exclude parts of four petals.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 25, 2014 at 10:34 PM

I really like the detail and colors of the anthers and the water drops add to the image.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 26, 2014 at 6:07 PM

The clarity here is amazing, Jim. I also like how you've positioned the flower in the frame with attention focused on the stamen and anthers.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 26, 2014 at 10:38 PM

Hi Jim.

Stunning bold color and detail make this a delightful presentation

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on June 27, 2014 at 12:06 AM

Marvelous colors! I like the vertical composition. Well done.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on June 28, 2014 at 7:12 AM

No problem with the vertical comp, Jim; love the bold, contrasting colors. Fine stack processing. Well done.

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