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Lily Thing

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 2, 20062,997 views20 comments

This is a close up of a lily stamen or pistil (or something...??) that I shot a couple of months ago when the lilys were in bloom in my yard. Nikon D200, Sigma 105mm macro, Gitzo tripod.

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20 comments

Comment posted by Robert Near on August 2, 2006 at 8:35 PM

Wonder photo, love the tip in focused surounded by the smooth colors.

Well Done
Robert

Registered on November 1, 2003, 40 Posts, 98 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Dawson on August 2, 2006 at 8:51 PM

I really like what you have done with the DOF here, makes this stamen a abstract masterpeice. I would be printing this one large.

Registered on February 4, 2006, 364 Posts, 8872 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Ganz on August 2, 2006 at 9:01 PM

This is beautiful. You have framed the one sharp spot perfectly for my eyes. Love the soft pastels in this...so nice.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 339 Posts, 759 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Salge on August 2, 2006 at 9:10 PM

Cool...well done!

Registered on February 23, 2006, 269 Posts, 2210 Comments

Comment posted by Ganesh H Shankar on August 2, 2006 at 9:53 PM

Beautiful image Alice. I love this kind of images (and have a few of them posted in Photo Art gallery under 'colors and contours' title).

Registered on March 1, 2004, 324 Posts, 1867 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on August 2, 2006 at 10:15 PM

elegant, zen-like; wonderful image

Registered on December 8, 2003, 482 Posts, 1868 Comments

Comment posted by Barry R. Byrd on August 3, 2006 at 12:08 AM

sassy

Registered on December 20, 2005, 136 Posts, 970 Comments

Comment posted by Marius Nistor on August 3, 2006 at 12:15 AM

Great choice of DOF to create a wonderful image!

Servus!

Registered on February 4, 2006, 38 Posts, 551 Comments

Comment posted by Leann Greene on August 3, 2006 at 3:10 AM

Very cool Alice. Very crisp white looks great against the other colors.Nicely done.

Registered on January 25, 2006, 223 Posts, 3566 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Borzynski on August 3, 2006 at 8:49 AM

I try for shots like this fairly frequently, and only rarely keep anything. I've never had anything work this well

Thanks for posting.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 109 Posts, 799 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on August 3, 2006 at 11:32 AM

Wow Alice, great use of shallow DOF and selective focus. I love the smoothness of the image. This is fantastic.

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by renae sandberg on August 3, 2006 at 12:11 PM

Beautiful, very artistic. The dof is perfect and I love the hint of shadows moving the same direction in the bg.

Registered on December 29, 2004, 313 Posts, 2476 Comments

Comment posted by David Gottlieb on August 3, 2006 at 5:23 PM

Very cool and surreal

Registered on November 1, 2003, 436 Posts, 1790 Comments

Comment posted by W. Tracy Parnell on August 4, 2006 at 10:11 AM

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Comment posted by Larry Finn on August 4, 2006 at 1:09 PM

Nice shot...love the dof

Registered on July 6, 2006, 51 Posts, 121 Comments

Comment posted by Randy Harrison on August 4, 2006 at 3:37 PM

Cool shot Alice. I like what you did here.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 468 Posts, 3099 Comments

Comment posted by William Brozy on August 4, 2006 at 5:21 PM

Great work Alice and a well deserved EP this week

Registered on November 9, 2003, 559 Posts, 2929 Comments

Comment posted by Leann Greene on August 7, 2006 at 10:09 PM

Congrats