Water Lily

Gallery: FloraPosted October 18, 2011215 views5 comments

The angle I wanted for this shot required the camera to be well over the water so I used my Nikon P6000 P&S, handheld. This also allowed me to get the DOF I wanted. Thirty percent crop and straighten with a bit of burning here and there. I also used 'Render>Lighting Effects' to highlight the center of the image. F5.9 at 1/70 sec ISO 100, 112mm equivalent FL, RAW. Thanks for your comments.

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5 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on October 18, 2011 at 9:57 AM

Steve: A really beautiful flower and a superb capture and presentation. The color in the pads is very complementary as well. Nicely crafted image. >=))>

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on October 18, 2011 at 7:33 PM

This is gorgeous Steve. Love the color palette and your processing. I don't know what render is but I think it worked really well for you here.

My only reservation about the image is the water on the viewer's left side. It would take a little cloning and I might be inclined to clone it out. To me it draws attention from the flower and nothing should do that with this flower. (smile)

pat

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 18, 2011 at 8:51 PM

Excellent glow from the flower and the vignette works well. Well done.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on October 18, 2011 at 8:54 PM

Steve:
The flower is just so gorgeous and your capture has really done justice to it. Don't know what render is but you have done a good job in the flower center.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on October 18, 2011 at 9:58 PM

Beautiful portrait Steve... I would print this BIG and hang it. Great job.
Bob

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