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Sunset

by Kathy Odiorne

Gallery: FloraPosted June 22, 201084 views16 comments
One from the flower garden. Not sure of what variety lily this is, but I liked the vivid color. It was getting toward early evening when I brought this indoors, so ended up with a longer shutter speed.
Canon 50D
Tamron 28-300mm
25 sec, f32

Comments

16 comments
Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on June 22, 2010 at 9:59 PM
Striking portrait of what I call a day lily. Like the composition and how the background really sets it off. Beautifully handled. :toast:
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Comment posted by Steven M Kahn on June 22, 2010 at 10:05 PM
Kathy, SWEET!
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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 22, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Kathy,

My inclination would be the have the dark space in the image to the right of the direction that the flowers are leaning. Probably just habit from learning to shoot images on the avian gallery. This is absolutely beautiful though in every respect. It also looks identical to the flower that I shot the stigma/style from in the image just behind this.

Pat

Pat
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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 22, 2010 at 10:12 PM
The orientation of the two lilies make it difficult from a compositional perspective - your version looks pretty cool to me. Boxing it into a square would also look nice.

Both Lilies are in super shape and rich oranges are striking. Excellent depth of field to cover everything front to back :toast:
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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 22, 2010 at 10:16 PM
Wonderful lighting, great color and comp. Excellent work!
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Comment posted by Philip Southard on June 22, 2010 at 11:03 PM
Beautiful image Kathy. Comp, color, detail, and light all look great. And how neat is it to have three "orange" images in a row. :cool:
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 22, 2010 at 11:49 PM
Just beautiful!
Striking colors against the perfect black BG.

Sandy r
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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on June 23, 2010 at 3:17 AM
Impressive...
Mauro
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Comment posted by Debashis Bandyopad on June 23, 2010 at 5:27 AM
Stunning image Kathy. Excellent light, comp and DOF. My only tiny suggestion would be to position the flowers so they do not overalp. But very gorgeous non the less :toast:
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Comment posted by Doug Benner on June 23, 2010 at 1:45 PM
This is wonderful, Kathy. The space on the left bothers me a little, but maybe that is just me. Otherwise, this is beautiful.
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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 23, 2010 at 8:36 PM
Kathy:
Just gorgeous. Now I cannot tell the difference between you and Steve K's images. :toast:
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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on June 24, 2010 at 11:49 AM
Beautifully composed. Love the colors and light. :toast:
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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on June 24, 2010 at 4:08 PM
A beautiful photo, Kathy; excellent work with 25 sec anf f/32. I love also the warm and soft color of the lilies.
Take care.
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Comment posted by Mike Gallo on June 24, 2010 at 5:47 PM
Beautiful lighting and presentation Kathy...colors are spectacular :toast:
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 24, 2010 at 9:37 PM
Hi Kathy :wavey: Wow! This looks great :eek: flawless light , color and and detail!!
Albert Darmo. Canada
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 25, 2010 at 11:04 AM
Kathy: When I first opened this I thought it was one of Pat Sampson's. I hope you will take that as the high compliment intended. Wonderful color, lighting and subject. The inclusion of the bud is a real plus element. 4+ terrific. >=))>

PS: FYI, this is a variety of asiatic lily.
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