Trout lily (+ REPOST)

Gallery: FloraPosted May 3, 201287 views14 comments

In the spring, these flowers pop up randomly in our wooded area. This flower was growing beside a tree (background is the bark) and was lit by the setting sun while the tree was in the shade.

Canon Rebel T1i. 180mm macro lens. F/22 for 1/8 sec. ISO 200. Tripod mounted, natural lighting.

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on May 3, 2012 at 10:47 PM

Just lovely, I would have like the BG to be even darker maybe to add more pop to this beautifully composed and lit lily !

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on May 4, 2012 at 3:06 AM

Carolyn I like this nice yellow color lily in excellent light. The contrast against BG is excellent. Overall composition also very good. Well done.

Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments

Comment posted by Sally Wood on May 4, 2012 at 5:15 AM

Beautiful flower Carolyn... great detail, and I love the composition.. the curls in the petals complete the picture for me!

Registered on March 8, 2012, 39 Posts, 509 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 4, 2012 at 12:16 PM

Good comp and pose of the lily. The contrast is a bit harsh and could be tamed some (highlight/shadow tool). I agree about darkening the BG even more.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on May 4, 2012 at 12:34 PM

Ok, here is a version with a dark background and toned down contrast. Does this appear to be a better photo? I often do dark backgrounds with my photos but try to include some of the background when possible. In this case possibly it detracted more than added to the image? For this re-edit I made the background totally black. When I darkened it just some, it looked kind of strange and mottled to me. Thanks for comments and suggestions.

Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 4, 2012 at 4:48 PM

Carolyn - I much prefer the repost with a clean solid black background

- the light on the Lily also looks much tempered. These are relatively small Lilies and can be difficult to shoot as they grow so close to the ground.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on May 4, 2012 at 6:34 PM

Out standing re-post !!!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 4, 2012 at 9:28 PM

I also like the repost.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on May 4, 2012 at 9:50 PM

The lighting you achieved is what makes this for me. Well, composition, detail, DOF, put this over the top. Fantastic work Carolyn.
Bob

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

Comment posted by Rick Diffley on May 4, 2012 at 10:24 PM

Great image. I agree with trying a slightly changed bckgrd; however I would like to see a little detail. To each his own (-: The only other item I would try is to crop the left side inward a little more.

Thanks for sharing this image.

Registered on April 8, 2012, 52 Posts, 279 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 4, 2012 at 10:36 PM

Hi Carolyn

Glad i waited

The repost is better

You did a great job, photographing this tiny flower, delightful color and detail

Albert Darmo

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

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on May 5, 2012 at 5:22 AM

The original is good, the repost fantastic!! Love these flowers but don't get to see them too often. This is terrific closeup.

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Hali Sowle on May 5, 2012 at 10:09 PM

I like the original but the re-post is even better, it really shows the lily off to its glory. Great composition, I really like that upper right petal how it just rises above everything and seems to catch the light first.

Registered on January 9, 2008, 36 Posts, 582 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM

I love these flowers and this is a great look at one. I really like how you've used the long stem to fill the frame with motion. I'll be the contrarian and wish for a softer background, to me this feel stark and I think of these flowers a gently flowing.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments