Turk's Cap Lily

Gallery: FloraPosted July 19, 2011147 views20 comments

I hate it when I don't get the color of my choice in the background. Why were they not growing some blue delphiniums behind this Lily patch

?. I also found out one more thing - the petals curl up more and more as the sun rises. By afternoon, the Lily is'nt photogenic anymore.

ND200, 200mm F/4 Micronikkor, F/10 (funny that F/9 would not give me the DOF for the frontal petal), 1/50 Sec, Early morning dappled light streaming through the tree foliage, ISO200 and Tripod (with legs funnily spread all across a solid wooden fence).

Thanks a lot for your comments on Musk Mallow and do let me know what you think of this one.

PS : There is a small strand of spidy web..I wanted to clone it out but forgot.

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 19, 2011 at 7:59 PM

Ram,

For my tastes this is perfect: point of view, plane of focus, dof, placement in the frame, unobtrusive appealing light, detail, processing. Should be in a text book.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 19, 2011 at 7:59 PM

Ram:
Its seems I have been working on Lily a lot lately - African lily, Amazon lily, Foxtail lily, Spider lily and Calla lily but I have not yet taken any Turk's Cap. The DOF is just perfect. I would not have tried F9 and F10 and would normally just jump from F8 to F11 - this is really a sign of your maturity in doing this meticulously and patiently.

Everything about this image is perfect, including the bg

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on July 19, 2011 at 8:52 PM

Very nice Ram. The natural light green BG is perfect for the orange lily. Everything is perfect except for that spider web which ruins the whole image.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Morgan Casey on July 19, 2011 at 8:56 PM

Spectacular detail! That background is beautiful and the comp works for me. Nicely done.

Registered on November 16, 2010, 22 Posts, 269 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on July 20, 2011 at 12:47 AM

This looks perfect to me. Not sure I ever want to get critical about images like this.

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments

Comment posted by Verdon on July 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM

great DOF, love the overall quality, congrats to great shot!!!

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments

Comment posted by Krunal Janani on July 20, 2011 at 1:22 AM

Perfect in every sense of the word Ram,
i wish we had these in India

Registered on September 16, 2010, 60 Posts, 1370 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 20, 2011 at 8:18 AM

Great image. A delphimium might have been nice but this bg works as is. Beautiful detail.

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Miro Susta on July 20, 2011 at 8:57 AM

Marvelous details and colours. Overall composition and the contrat with BG very good. Well done Ram.

Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on July 20, 2011 at 9:36 AM

Excellent DOF management with the plane of focus Ram. Excellent photo.

Nathan

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

Comment posted by Peter Conway on July 20, 2011 at 5:36 PM

Beautiful as always! Question, coming from the Avian gallery I have to ask if that is a halo effect on the rh edges of the browns? Is that a sharpening artifact or an issue at all?

Peter

Registered on June 25, 2007, 347 Posts, 3913 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 20, 2011 at 5:46 PM

Question, coming from the Avian gallery I have to ask if that is a halo effect on the rh edges of the browns? Is that a sharpening artifact or an issue at all?

Sharpening artifact. My focus was slightly ahead of the pollen pods and they being sharper than the rest (truly speaking) sharpening added for the rest of the picture might have resulted in a bit of a halo there. Thanks for pointing it out.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments

Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on July 20, 2011 at 5:48 PM

perfect work, Ram...great color, I`ve never seen wild growing Turk`s Cap Lilies in orange, here we have pink versions in our woodlands

Brigitte

Registered on January 10, 2009, 187 Posts, 1507 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on July 20, 2011 at 7:52 PM

This lily is a wonderful subject. Glad you caught this one when the curves of the petals are so graceful. As much as I like orange and blue (my school colors) I think this background works just fine. The bokeh at f/10 here looks great -- like it was painted for studio work.

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on July 20, 2011 at 10:16 PM

Hi Ram

looks like it was done in your studio

It's so sharp.

Wonderful color, composition, and bg. another perfect presentation

Albert Darmo

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Bruce King on July 20, 2011 at 11:35 PM

Ah yes, another lily. I agree the bg may not be as vibrant as you might like but the details are great. I really have to look hard to see the slight softness of the front petal you mentioned. It's barely noticeable. Love the tilted stem.

Registered on January 14, 2010, 276 Posts, 2212 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 21, 2011 at 4:30 PM

Ram: Hard to improve on perfection but I guess that since you didn't get the BG you wanted you can send me the RAW file and spare yourself the angst over this image.

Really good photography. >=))>

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

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on July 22, 2011 at 3:57 PM

Wonderful detail and color combinations Ram. superb.
Bob

Registered on October 27, 2005, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments

Comment posted by William Brozy on July 22, 2011 at 7:07 PM

Ram - You handled the petal sheen really well. I can't even tell ya how many Lily (Canada, Turk's Cap) images i tossed over the years due the high gloss petals (even with a polarizer). I can't nit either. So i'll sit and admire!

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

Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 22, 2011 at 8:18 PM

Excellent comp, light, and color. A supremely beautiful portrait!

Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments