Lily Reflection

Gallery: FloraPosted August 11, 201196 views12 comments

Captured this photo while kayaking on Murphy Lake here in Mid-Michigan.

Canon G12,Program Priority, 1/640 sec, F/4.5, -2/3 Exposure Compensation, ISO 100. Hand held and RAW conversion.

Thanks for looking and all C&C welcomed.

John Kerr

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 12, 2011 at 12:21 AM

John:
Looks like water lily week - a lot of great water lily posts this week.

The exposure of the white look spot on and the reflection is nice. The curvilinear lines (?roots) in the reflection makes this very interesting. Good call to include the pads in the bg.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on August 12, 2011 at 12:43 AM

Beautiful shot John. I love the abstract quality of the reflection.

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Comment posted by Christine Jackson on August 12, 2011 at 8:15 AM

John,

Excellent use of texture/reflection in this shot, great composition too. Well Done!!

Chrisie Jackson
Denver, Colorado

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on August 12, 2011 at 10:26 AM

Beautiful, John! I like the simplicity of the comp for this and how the lily pads, flower, and reflection are not distracted by any other elements. The flower by its beautiful lighting and clarity demands your attention. Whites look really good. Great capture for being on a kayak and hand held!

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on August 12, 2011 at 12:02 PM

Wonderful reflection John. Excellent job on the whites.

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on August 12, 2011 at 1:22 PM

I love the comp. and lighting, really beautiful glow and handling of the whites.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on August 12, 2011 at 4:49 PM

Very cool with the reflection and spider like twisting roots shown.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 12, 2011 at 7:25 PM

The reflection is wonderful John, I really like this capture.
Bob

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 12, 2011 at 8:37 PM

John,

It's the reflection here that makes the image for me. I'd leave some of the pad at the top but probably crop down more, maybe to square. Very well seen and presented.

pat

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 12, 2011 at 9:27 PM

Hi John

Great shot , with a G12 from a kayak

splendid comp. and reflections

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by scott lanz on August 12, 2011 at 10:54 PM

Pat's comments are exactly my thoughts on your image. Beautiful reflection. I'd crop a little off the top to concentrate more on the focus and the reflection. Very nice image regardless of the comp though.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 13, 2011 at 11:59 PM

John: Exceptional water lily shot IMO. Cropping this from the top to 5:4 ration does make it stronger but it doesn't need much. Well done.>=))>

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