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Water Lily's

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Posted by Craig Strand on August 27, 2011 at 12:29 AM
Water Lily's
I revisited Hughes Water Gardens, Tualatin OR, again yesterday with a couple of photographer friends. This is a 21 image stack, taken about 10am with a rail and macro lens, the images were processed using Helicon Focus software. Processing then completed using LR2 and NIK's filters suite.

canon 7D
canon 100mm f2.8L IS USM
F/20 -1 1/100 ISO 100
I'm not sure why I used F/20, must have forgotten to lower from previous shot
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 27, 2011 at 9:58 PM
Craig, this is gorgeous! Love the dark mood, broken only by the yellows.
Sandy
Posted by David Bostock on August 28, 2011 at 4:53 PM
Excellent, Craig. I really like the depth on this. And congratulations on the editors pick a few weeks back. That's another awesome shot.

Cheers,
David
Posted by Bruce King on August 28, 2011 at 8:11 PM
Fantastic Craig, you've really been cranking out some beauties lately. Belated congrats on the EP. :toast:
Posted by Catherine Reilly on August 31, 2011 at 12:19 AM
Oh, this is outstanding, Craig! Love the colors, the mood, and that you left the edge of the lily pad as part of the comp. Stacking 21 images makes me woozy at the thought. Painstakingly taking those 21 images earns you the oak leaf cluster for fortitude!
Posted by Jack Graham on September 4, 2011 at 4:02 PM
Outstanding----another place I need to get to...... nice bit of processing too--not "in your face" but just wonderful!
JG