Water Lily & repost

Gallery: FloraPosted August 19, 20181,305 views6 comments

Have a project going on that is taking all my time - flowers are blooming! Hard to keep from going out shooting! I did today for a short while and am posting the photo that required the least work. All improvements done in lightroom, except for border.

Technical: D800, 300 mm f4 at f18, ISO 320, 1/80 sec., tripod, polarizer, mirror up.

Commentary and suggestions always welcome!

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 19, 2018 at 6:14 PM

Beautiful! Love the soft colours, framing, and fully-open bloom.
Just for a sense of balance, I'd suggest straightening the bloom by a slight clockwise rotation.
Really like the frame too - a nice compliment to the image.

Sandy

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on August 19, 2018 at 7:11 PM

Wonderful comp and framing from above, Kathy. The colors are very nice. A polarizer can do wonders for this type of lighting, and the softer surroundings really make the bloom stand out. You made a fine choice stopping down to get the whole flower in good focus.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 19, 2018 at 7:57 PM

Kathy: Wonderful subject superbly captured and presented. My only suggestion would be to make the brown spot on the lower petal go away but this is very nice as is. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 19, 2018 at 8:36 PM

Good as is, Kathy. Very soft and appealing colors

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Comment posted by Kathy Snead on August 20, 2018 at 10:16 AM

Hi Bill (Fach)

I took a look at that spot and looked at the original. I like it the way I did it, but the global processing did emphasize that large greenish area on the lower petal more. So, I went in and did a radial filter on it, reducing the saturation, changing the color balance slightly, adding some haze and other minor corrections.

Here is the latest and thanks for that comment! Gave me a reason to play with this photo rather than work on this darn project!

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Comment posted by David Schoen on August 20, 2018 at 7:00 PM

Nice approach. Both versions look fine to me. I find the textures quite appealing.

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