‹ Previous Macro & Close-up Gallery Next ›

Gilded Lily Pads

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted November 25, 2015252 views11 comments

Here's a look at some lily pads on my pond wet from the earller rain, but with the water reflecting sunlit fall colors. This is a 26 image stack for dof where I wanted to fill the frame with the three complete leaves. (5D3, 70-200 f2.8 @ 135mm, 1/25s, f/11, iso 200, tripod)

Hoping all USA members have a great Thanksgiving.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Balan Vinod on November 25, 2015 at 12:11 PM

Mark..crafsmanship !! The colour, the water drops, the edge of the leaves with those fine ripples..leading into the top of the frame..the detail..Thats what is called craftsmanship ..!

Balan Vinod

Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments

Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on November 25, 2015 at 12:38 PM

26 photos, and none of these leaves moved? Must have been absolutely wind still. I really dig the detail in all the drops of water on the leaves, looks very nice.

Registered on September 30, 2012, 116 Posts, 2257 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 25, 2015 at 8:42 PM

Very original, Mark! There was obviously some slight movement in the water. The surface tension around each pad, as the pads moved up and down on it, reflects the stacking and really makes the image unique. That and the colors really makes this one shine! devil

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on November 25, 2015 at 9:51 PM

Genuine beauty, Mark. The color of the water makes a great background for the colorful pads, and the raindrops are a nice bonus. devil

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on November 26, 2015 at 8:55 AM

Phil, there was no up and down movement. That movement would have resulted in motion artifacts as well as misalignment in the lines around the pad edges and there were none of either. The multiple lines around the pads arise from the concave curvature of the meniscus where the water contacts the pads. Because that curvature is not uniform, what gets imaged by the meniscus comes into focus at multiple distances so those lines are picked up over multiple frames.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Graham Brown on November 26, 2015 at 2:31 PM

That's excellent Mark, well conceived and photographed. Very simple yet a very interesting image. Excellent use of stacking images, I'm not sure how you manage to stack so many images without any movement especially with water but the result is first class. Love the colour of the water. Graham

Registered on November 20, 2007, 275 Posts, 1365 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on November 28, 2015 at 10:34 AM

Show-Off . . . laugh

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Yun Gao on November 28, 2015 at 10:30 PM

Mark, I like the colors in the water and the ripples around the lily pads. Excellent stack work!

Registered on September 11, 2012, 267 Posts, 1621 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 29, 2015 at 12:17 PM

Beautiful image, Mark. I love the reflected colors on the water and all the details of the way the surface tension of the water works with the leaves. A perfect angle to take this from.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Katie Jones on December 1, 2015 at 8:17 PM

Mark,
I love the colors and details in this image - from the water drops on the lily pads to the rings of water enfolding them. Really a very exquisite image. Very nicely done!

Registered on November 17, 2015, 17 Posts, 91 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on December 3, 2015 at 10:28 AM

Hi mark

Awesome presentation. can't be better frown

Albert Darmo
Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments