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Gallery: FloraPosted May 14, 2017223 views8 comments

Sony A77II
Sony 70-400G @ 330mm
ISO 200, 1/200 @ f8
The Mercer Arboretum in Northeast Houston is my favorite place to shoot water lilies so I indulged myself a few weeks ago and visited. I wasn't sure what I would find as the park was completely inundated in the April 2016 floods and damaged again by a really hard freeze this past February. Much of the flora in the park was significantly hurt by these two catastrophes but to my delight the water lilies survived and seem to have even thrived. This is the first of a small series I'll post along with an interpretation using the Illustration Mode on my A77II. All comments welcome.>=))>

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8 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 14, 2017 at 11:41 PM

The Photo Art version. Please click on the image to see a slightly larger version.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on May 15, 2017 at 6:25 AM

Hi Bill
Love the first one but can't decide on the second.
Superb blues. I tried to grow these but failed !!
John

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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 15, 2017 at 8:05 AM

Gorgeous subject nicely captured, Bill. Real eye candy. I prefer the original to the PA. Excellent.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 15, 2017 at 8:18 AM

Love the original, Bill - don't honestly feel the flower gains anything from the Photo Art version. The perspective is just right for fading the pads and water into the distance and giving a beautifully graded background.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on May 15, 2017 at 11:59 AM

Excellent Bill! Great color and an amazing bloom. I like the amount of room between the bloom and the BG. I wish for the chance to try shooting these! I like the photo art version OK - but this first one is awesome!

Nathan

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Comment posted by Wayne Bartz on May 15, 2017 at 2:49 PM

The first one is my favorite.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 16, 2017 at 10:30 AM

Really gorgeous Water Lily, Bill. I like you were able to get so much of the WL in focus, yet keep enough distance between the pristine subject and the probably ratty pads. I like the "real" version, hands down!

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on May 17, 2017 at 6:26 PM

A feast of colors Bill. Here the water lilies are nor bloomed jet.

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