Wood Lily in the Ferns

Gallery: FloraPosted July 20, 2011159 views14 comments

Wood Lilies grow in sunny openings in the forest, and so do hay-scented ferns, which I like a lot for a background, so I searched for a while to find them growing together. However, they were a bit TOO together, so I decided to shoot wide open to blur the ferns. For such a big flower, this required stacking.

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Canon 50D
Sigma 150 mm. Macro; Circ.Polarizer
f/2.8 @ 1/160 sec.: ISO 100
Nine images stacked in CS5 for depth-of-field

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on July 20, 2011 at 10:23 AM

I really like this image. The flower really stands out from the background and is very sharp.

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on July 20, 2011 at 5:27 PM

I think you made an excellent choice. Great separation for the flower and yet still a real sense of setting.

Peter

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 20, 2011 at 5:47 PM

The orange lily and the oof light green ferns make a beautiful combination. Excellent chioce and preocessing to get the lily tack sharp while keeping the ferns soft.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 20, 2011 at 6:43 PM

Sharp as a tack Wayne and yet great separation and supporting bg. Photography nirvana, I think. Beautiful image and superlative technique.

pat

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 20, 2011 at 7:28 PM

Luminance is striking, Wayne

- superb job on the stacking and that background is lovely with the right definition for the ferns.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 20, 2011 at 8:32 PM

Wayne:
Just gorgeous. Love the luminances and the sharply focused lily. The bg is just right with just outlines recognizable as fern.

BTW this look a little like Ram's turk cap flipped horizontally.

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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on July 20, 2011 at 9:41 PM

Really gorgeous photo Wayne. The orange color of the flower and the superb sharpness make it stand out so well from the beautiful green ferns.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on July 20, 2011 at 11:26 PM

Wayne you dawg, you stole my thunder!

I'm posting a wild lily right after I comment on a few of these excellent images that have been presented recently.
Beautiful composition and the exposure is perfect IMO. I also try to find ferns as bg's when hunting wildflowers. The varying greens and shadows can make very complimentary bg's as they do for you here. Great job on the stack, the details are striking.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 20, 2011 at 11:27 PM

Lovely. Just the right amount of blur in the bg and really nice colors.

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on July 21, 2011 at 12:40 AM

Super job Wayne,
tack sharp where it needs to be

good call on stacking with 2.8

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 21, 2011 at 4:20 PM

Wayne: Great stack and a terrific final result. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by William Brozy on July 22, 2011 at 4:08 PM

Bravo Wayne! A beautiful flower, an excellent scene and ya nailed it!

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Comment posted by Zachary Lake on July 25, 2011 at 12:25 AM

Very nice image! You did a great job with the stacking, too.

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on July 25, 2011 at 11:14 AM

Time of Lily Wayne. I like this one as much as your previous for the splendid background and the illusion of transparencies created by the overexposure. Beautiful.

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