TEXERE: fabric of life
Water lily ii
Posted by Ron (Saint Louis, United States) on 15 July 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Pink ... no blue
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
Oh my... what a pure and delicate beauty! The lighting, tone, colours and reflection are just perfect!
15 Jul 2008 5:36am
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Very lovely with that great reflection. Expertly done, Ron.
15 Jul 2008 6:13am
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, United States
great reflection -- almost surreal! beautiful lighting and colors!
15 Jul 2008 7:43am
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
To me the reflection looks better than the flower itself!
15 Jul 2008 7:48am
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
What a great nature shot, again. I would have maybe cut a little bit more at the right side.
15 Jul 2008 9:09am
@Mirko Herzner: You know, I think you're right. After I posted the image and looked at it framed on the page, here, I thought the same thing ... I definitely could have cropped away some of the leaf to balance the overall image a bit more effectively. OlivierT suggested the same thing for the "Water lily i" image I posted day before yesterday ... it makes sense in that instance, as well. Thanks, Mirko, for the constructive advice ... I appreciate it.
Jonathan Alan Photography from St. Louis, United States
great reflection nice image
15 Jul 2008 1:19pm
Cheryl from Texas, United States
absolutely awsome image. the reflection is perfect
15 Jul 2008 1:53pm
Paul van der Meer from Valkenswaard, Netherlands
Great job Ron, like everything from it!!
15 Jul 2008 3:40pm
leslie from norwich, United Kingdom
Great image, love the reflection - if i was marking it out of 100 would score it 99
15 Jul 2008 3:43pm
Barry from Kingwood, United States
Hi Ron!...... Wham!!! Right out of the Park! Excellent.
15 Jul 2008 4:25pm
Chris from South Jersey, United States
Beautiful - I love the reflection in the water....
15 Jul 2008 5:03pm
Marcie from United States
Don't think I"ve ever seen a waterlily that stands so high above the water. It's a beauty. Love how you've included the lily leaf to balance the lily itself. Lovely.
15 Jul 2008 5:12pm
Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Your pictures are as always just jawdropping, quite literally jawdroppingly beautiful. The reflection on this is just amazing. Wonderful picture dear Ron.
15 Jul 2008 7:19pm
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Reflection is just awesome, a wonderful shot.
15 Jul 2008 7:41pm
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Wonderful light from within the Lily. The flower and its reflection is really something special.
15 Jul 2008 9:28pm
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Ron, this has to be one of the most beautiful waterlilly shot's I've ever seen. The reflection is superb!
15 Jul 2008 10:13pm
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
The mirror is perfect with nearly no ripples on the reflections. Excellent contrast.
16 Jul 2008 12:37am
Tracey from White Hall, United States
What a perfect reflection image. It is quite beautiful.
16 Jul 2008 12:44am
danthro from Suburbia, United States
beautiful reflections and soft colors. so peaceful-looking! love it. i can't say i'm surprised to hear you use a modified Orton method (now that I know what that refers to ;)). there are so many other things one can do in processing before and after "Gaussian blur > multiply" that can make all kinds of cool images. i think that and shadow/highlights are my two favorite tricks, unless selective color counts as a trick. :)
16 Jul 2008 12:44am
amy from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
I like the balance the right gives to this image. That reflection is out of this world amazing. Outstanding, Ron!!
16 Jul 2008 5:10am
sophie from paris, France
Those lilly pictures are quite something. What a great reflection....
16 Jul 2008 12:38pm
Kyle from Manhattan, United States
gorgeous. i particularly love the reflection and how clear it is, and the amorphous lilly pad to the right is intriguing.
16 Jul 2008 9:50pm
Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States
I agree that the leaf is distracting, but this is still beautiful. Gorgeous.
18 Jul 2008 9:16pm
Canon EOS 40D
1/100 second
F/8.0
ISO 200
200 mm