Day Lily

Gallery: FloraPosted August 1, 2011131 views9 comments

I've recently started working on a series of Day Lily portraits. Because of the heat, each flower bloomed for about 24 hours before withering away, making this an interesting series to work on. I wanted to illustrate all the subtle lines and curves in the petals and added some filtering to help bring out the contrast in the detail as well. One stem in back of the flower and some small patches were cloned out, but I've left in some of the natural patches on the stem from previous blooms, because I feel it looks more natural.

D7000
Zeiss 100mm
f4
1/800s
Natural Lighting
Manual stack of 3 images and processed using Nik Color Efex Pro

Thanks for viewing :)

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 1, 2011 at 10:15 AM

Your light and dof are very good. It is just a little tight at the top and left for me.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 1, 2011 at 11:28 AM

Great light and focus used on this portrait Morgan. Great work.
Bob

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on August 1, 2011 at 11:49 AM

Very good start to the series Morgan. Iike the comp and the lines and textures are coming through very well. Well done.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 1, 2011 at 3:33 PM

A very fine image Morgan. Excellent pov, dof and placement in the frame. The stem looks great, I think you handled it perfectly. I'm looking forward to a fine series.

pat

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 2, 2011 at 9:35 PM

Morgan, Outstanding. I cannot find anything that can be improved upon. However I do believe Lilies with striking and rich colors will be a bigger hit with portraiture like this.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 2, 2011 at 10:21 PM

Hi Morgan

Ram echoed my thoughts! looking foreward to a great series

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Morgan Casey on August 3, 2011 at 8:32 AM

Thanks for all the comments everyone.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 4, 2011 at 8:25 PM

Wonderful light for this beautiful portrait.

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on August 5, 2011 at 1:11 AM

Lovely Portrait

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