Lily of the Valley

Gallery: FloraPosted May 24, 2011119 views7 comments

I find these flowers hard to compose with in the ground so I picked one and laid it on several of its leaves for various pictures. I also posted a reworked close-up picture of these flowers in the macro gallery. Sorry you can't experience their glorious smell through these pictures!

Canon Rebel T1i. 90mm macro lens. F/22 for 1/8 sec. ISO 100.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on May 24, 2011 at 12:30 PM

I like the comp and color in this image very much. Great detail also. Every time I see these flowers I think of my Grandmother, she had a large patch of them behind her house. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 24, 2011 at 3:33 PM

Carolyn: Great idea to arrange these against the leaf - a fine backdrop. Well conceived and executed. >=))>

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 24, 2011 at 6:33 PM

The thumbnail doesn't do this justice Carolyn. Beautiful image and the leaves are the perfect bg.

pat

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Comment posted by Scott Snyder on May 25, 2011 at 6:40 AM

This is sweet Carolyn. Nice composition and perfect exposure.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 25, 2011 at 8:39 AM

Lovely study in textures, Carolyn - the lilies look so right on these leaves you can almost smell them ! Extremely well composed too.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 25, 2011 at 10:56 AM

Carolyn:
The diagonals of the leaves complements the arching curve of the flower stem. I like the image in macro better as I like looking into the flower more.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 25, 2011 at 12:01 PM

Excellent DOF management, Carolyn. I know these are not easy flowers to shoot. You did exceedingly well here. Both this and the one in the Macro Gallery are superb. I don't think comparing them is fair at all

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