Very yellow lily

[Nancy Bell]

Another close-up, this time of a very yellow lily. I really wanted to showcase the graceful lines of the stamens as a near-abstract close-up excluding all but color and shape.

Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 100 f2.8 macro lens, tripod, 1/649, f5.6, exp. comp. -2/3, ISO 800.

[Anita Bower]

Beautiful work, Nancy. Love the yellow and the curves of the stamen.

[Ron Conlon]

I like the composition and the way you handled the yellows. I struggle to get enough tonal variation in yellow flowers, but that is not a problem here.

[Nancy Bell]

Thanks, Anita & Ron!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Oh yes I think the composition here is wonderful, I think it is good that you decided to focus on the nearer stamens as opposed to the ones further back.

[Diane Miller]

Excellent! I wonder how it would look to do a "short stack" adding that third stamen from the left to the sharp focus group.

[stuart wanuck]

Well done nice composition!

[Casey Argall]

Wow! what a beautiful capture.