Water lily + Repost

Gallery: FloraPosted March 28, 201689 views11 comments

Unimaginable color combination of this water lily found in our garden. Looks as if God did cut two Lily's and made one.
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Venu
Pentax k-3 with tamron 90mm, f/8.0, 1/640, 200asa

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11 comments

Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on March 28, 2016 at 5:51 PM

Odd and very interesting indeed. Very nice image. Good detail and colors in the flower and a clean background. You might consider darkening the one bright green spot at 1 O' clock, but it's not a big deal. Nice as is.

Sanjay

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 29, 2016 at 4:32 PM

Interesting indeed! Good detail and the water drops are a plus.

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Comment posted by Mark James Ford on March 30, 2016 at 4:17 AM

Hi Venu, very unusual and interesting - when I first saw the picture I thought it had to be a 'Photoshop Job' ;-) Are they all like that or just the one plant = a hybrid ... ? Agree with Sanjay about the light green area, otherwise great shot!
Cheers, Mark

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 31, 2016 at 7:36 AM

Venu: Great capture of a unique and captivating subject. I agree with the others who have recommended darkening the light spot on the upper right edge and to make it absolutely perfect I would also clone away the ant on the petal at 3:00 o'clock. Nice find superbly rendered.>=))>

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on March 31, 2016 at 9:29 PM

Amazing bloom and beautiful image. Like the water drops.

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Comment posted by Venugopal Thantry on April 1, 2016 at 2:55 AM

Sanjay,Phil,Mark and Bill

Thanks a ton for appreciation and comments.

This is the rare phenomenon. Water lily's have been blooming in this pond for last 6 years and they last for 2-3 days.This is the first time we saw one lily with mixed color of pink and yellow. On an average 6 lily's bloom every day We never knew that such creations happen. No special effort whatsoever is done for this.

Venu

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on April 1, 2016 at 9:22 AM

Venu: I think you hit a home run with the repost. I edited your title. You can do so yourself from the edit link on the thumbnail. Its a good idea to let others know you've made changes. >=))>

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Comment posted by Venugopal Thantry on April 2, 2016 at 4:23 AM

Bill, sure, thanks.

Venu

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on April 2, 2016 at 6:09 PM

Oh...wow! I would certainly send this to a botanical garden ...never seen such a thing. How odd and delightful. Nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on April 5, 2016 at 10:19 PM

Hi Venu

thanks for sharing this masterpiece from nature... the colors are incredible .. excellent work

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on April 7, 2016 at 1:20 AM

Fascinating. I thought you had done some creative work on the computer Venu. Beautiful. I really like the lighting and the BG on this. Well done.

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