American Lotus

Gallery: FloraPosted August 5, 20183,237 views5 comments

One of Michigan's biggest and most uncommon wildflowers. This one was found in an oxbow along the Lake Erie shoreline. I wish for more diffuse light for this type of shot, but you take what nature gives you. D500 600 mm f4 + 1.4x TC (1/6400 sec at f5.6, Iso 500) Levels, rubber stamp tool to remove several dark spots of debris on petals, slight crop from the rh side for symmetry.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 5, 2018 at 8:44 AM

Another beauty - Parts are a little hot, but a very beautiful bloom.
What part of Lake Erie? I was raised in Toledo and Pt Clinton, on the southern edge Lake Erie.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 5, 2018 at 8:49 AM

Jim: I love the light here as I think the shadows give the image more depth and texture. The shaded BG is terrific. Most excellent.>=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on August 5, 2018 at 11:20 PM

Really nice, Jim. Our lilies are a different variety with shorter stalks and smaller more obscure seed pods. I've only seen these lotus once in south Louisiana. Well done.

Registered on July 21, 2004, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 7, 2018 at 10:46 AM

I'm with Bill. The shadows create the depth. The con side is not much detail in the whites. A good shot, nonetheless.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on August 12, 2018 at 12:31 PM

Jim: the details to be seen in the pistil and stamen are excellent and the flower itself is very well positioned against the two tones of the oof background. Well done. Richard

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