Lily Pads

Gallery: FloraPosted June 2, 2014554 views7 comments

Taken at a local garden a few months ago.

Not sure why these lily pads had turned yellow. Maybe the colder than normal winter, maybe a deficiency of some sort. But, it made for an interesting shot. The leaves contrasted well with the darker water and I tried to get a pleasing composition while excluding areas with too much leaf debris and such.

Thanks for taking a look and for your comments.

Sanjay

Nikon D800 105 mm lens 1/4000 sec @ f/11 ISO 800

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 3, 2014 at 7:59 PM

Sanjay - Google throws up some interesting answers for why the pads turn yellow like this one.

The layout of the pads is very easy on the eyes and details on all of them pretty sharp. There is strange yellowish line merging with the right edge of the frame (about 2 inches top and bottom from center) which you may want to revisit.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on June 3, 2014 at 9:55 PM

I like this Sanjay. Very cool, unusual and artistic. The pads have great lines and color, and i like the different sized circles. I could see this artwork on the wall. I would burn the smaller pad in the upper center. In fact, if possible, I might try darkening all of the bg water. The bottom under the water sort of detracts from the pads.

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on June 4, 2014 at 5:20 AM

Sanjay ..looking at the thumbnail ..i thought this is a bunch of Chinese umbrellas. Beautifully arranged pads ..and sure is interesting ...The Green lines and the drops of water make this a fine image.

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on June 4, 2014 at 1:14 PM

Ram: Thanks for the suggestions and the link. Yes, seems like it could be a whole range of things causing this. Hope they figure it out.

Scott: Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try the tweaks.

Balan: Thanks for the comment.

Sanjay

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on June 4, 2014 at 7:51 PM

An interesting, graphically pleasing image Sanjay. Very nice!

Nathan

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on June 5, 2014 at 9:57 AM

Lovely, floating sensation beautifully caught, Sanjay ! The works for me both on an abstract level and as a portrayal of the plant life - really well done !!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 9, 2014 at 11:36 AM

Hi Sanjay

I love your artistic composition of these lily pads.. great work

Albert Darmo.

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