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Lilies at a water garden

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Posted by Tim Buchanan on August 11, 2007 at 9:19 PM
Lilies at a water garden
This is from a camera club field trip to a nearby commercial water garden that sells water plants, etc. We had a lot of fun until it got too hot to stand - the flowers were really great.

Canon 20D
ISO 100
100mm macro
1/40th @f/8.0

Thanks for looking!
Posted by Merle Cook on August 11, 2007 at 10:15 PM
Nice capture. It looks like it is lighted from within. Brilliant colors.
Posted by Angela Classen on August 11, 2007 at 10:47 PM
This is very cool. It does indeed glow from within. I really like the detail in the center. :biggrin:
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on August 11, 2007 at 11:16 PM
Wonderful Tim, what's the light source? Try as I might I've rarely been satisfied with my waterlilly shots but I'd be proud to call this one mine! :toast:
Posted by Tom Kennon on August 11, 2007 at 11:17 PM
Tim, beautiful capture!
Posted by Tim Buchanan on August 12, 2007 at 11:05 AM
Wayne: the light source was the best one - the big ol' rising sun. Without modification, it lit the top of the plant as well, so I moved my hand to block it out since it was just too harsh.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on August 12, 2007 at 11:36 AM
AHHHHH, the ole' hand diffuser trick .... cool! :wink:
Posted by Gale Rainwater on August 12, 2007 at 4:05 PM
Tim very nice, sharp and great background
Posted by Bill Dark on August 12, 2007 at 6:27 PM
Beautiful, Tim! Incredible depth and detail, and I love the color. Did you have to stack several images to get that much depth at f/8?
Posted by Tim Buchanan on August 12, 2007 at 11:15 PM
Thanks for all of the comments! Light makes or breaks an image, and I knew the light was OK in this one.

Bill: It's a single shot, and in the full-size sharpened image, the center is just slightly soft, but not noticeably so.