Water Lily #4

Gallery: FloraPosted August 12, 2011110 views12 comments

What a great week for Water Lily's and Aquatic flowers, many unbelievable well taken images. I have been inspired by the others and felt I could get away with posting one more. I expect some personal preferences will suggest cloning out the few bits of duck weed but I decided I liked it and the lily pads inclusion. Please specify "when ordering" if you want your print with/without duck weed!

Larger image available, Thanks for stopping!

7 image stack with 15% crop for comp.
canon 7D
canon 100mm macro f2.8L IS USM
F/22 -1 1/50 ISO 100
tripod, cable, CS4, LR2, Helicon Soft-stack processing, NIK suite

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 12, 2011 at 7:19 PM

I love the color and light Craig. Wonderful work.
Bob

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

Comment posted by Bob Duff on August 12, 2011 at 7:29 PM

The light is wonderful on this one. You've quite a bit of time in the pond to great effect Craig.

Registered on April 21, 2010, 160 Posts, 1675 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 12, 2011 at 8:54 PM

Striking image Craig. Wonderful color, sweet light and a solid composition. Very well done.

pat

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

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 12, 2011 at 9:35 PM

Hi Craig

Your " da water lily man "

Another fine composition, with sublime light, color , and detail

Albert Darmo

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

Comment posted by scott lanz on August 12, 2011 at 10:37 PM

Wow, Craig. Absolutely gorgeous.

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Comment posted by Phillip Noll on August 13, 2011 at 12:55 PM

Exquisite! Really beautiful, Craig!

Registered on November 17, 2003, 207 Posts, 1083 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on August 13, 2011 at 4:03 PM

Very nice as presented. I'm glad you kept the duckweed and pad.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 13, 2011 at 5:59 PM

Craig: You're really hitting some home runs with your water lilies. I think the duck weed is an interesting and plus element. Well done.>=))>

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

Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on August 14, 2011 at 12:14 PM

As others have said, Craig, the lighting here is first class. I also like this for the composition, including the duckweed - the tiny accents of yellow, like the leaf, seem to me to add something to the overall effect. Fine image !

Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on August 14, 2011 at 2:04 PM

Absolutely delightful. The direction of light moving into the lily dictated the comp and you followed it well. Love the duckweed, also.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 14, 2011 at 7:29 PM

Craig, Another marvellous Lily shot from you. No problems here with the duckweed - when will I get my print now

? I have noticed some wonderful spot lighting in all your Lily shots and that is a damn nice thing.

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

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 14, 2011 at 8:41 PM

Craig:
Fabulous series of water lily. I think this one is my fav with duckweeds.

I would probably clone out the bright spots adjacent to the 4 and 5 o'clock petals.

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