Water Lily

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted June 25, 20141,366 views12 comments

I had this side view of a water lily and decided to take some of its colors and pull them down. Not quite like a reflection …more smearing and motion-flow. And boosted saturation. Comments welcomed.

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12 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 25, 2014 at 11:19 PM

Now THAT is gorgeous!!
Excellent work!

Sandy

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on June 25, 2014 at 11:29 PM

Very pleasing image Ken,

Man !

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on June 26, 2014 at 2:02 AM

Ken ...this is fantastic ..love those water drops .and that extended color pull makes this close to real. Very well done ..

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on June 26, 2014 at 5:34 AM

Like it as is, but how about using liquify to make a few slight movements to the "reflection?"

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on June 28, 2014 at 9:57 AM

The lily colours look stunning against the dark background. I like the way the light seems to be focused on the centre of the flower as well. There seems to be a slight interruption in the flow of the reflection, could use a slight tweak maybe. Wonderful work.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 28, 2014 at 8:57 PM

Ken - Very pretty. I agree with the comment made that if the reflection had some waviness to it, it would have seemed a bit more natural.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 30, 2014 at 9:43 AM

This is wonderful, Ken. The combination of sharpness and blurring work so well against the black background.

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Comment posted by Karen Kane on July 2, 2014 at 3:29 PM

This is magical Ken. The lighting and detail in the original image contrast wonderfully against the clean, dark BG and the flow of the smear beneath

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on July 3, 2014 at 10:29 AM

I like this presentation a lot.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on July 4, 2014 at 2:15 PM

Fabulous! The photo itself is gorgeous and then love what you did with the artistic interpretation. I agree, I'd like to see it with a few very subtle, barely there, ripples in the reflection -- just to see the effect. Great Pick as is!