Night Bloomer

[Roman Kurywczak]

Taken at Longwood Gardens as soon as they let you in the door (9am). the night bloomers are open still.....but closing quickly! This one never looks real.....but only normal PP'ing of levels and B/C and selective color.....as well as some minor blemish clean up of floaties in the water.
Canon 1D Mark ll with the Sigma 180mm macro and the MT24 twin lights at plus 1 & 1/3 at ISO 640 for 1/200 sec. at f32 hand held.

[Paul Lagasi]

Roman this has a very painterly look to it, nice colors and composition..nice one

[Mike Moats]

Hey Roman, this one jumps right of the screen. Excellent details and lighting.

[Don Lacy]

Beautiful colors Roman and I really like the comp.

[Julie Kenward]

The diagonal line of the lily pads and the deep black BG really sets off this perfectly placed lily. Outstanding, Roman!

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Outstanding! High impact image. Love it!

[Ken Childs]

Roman, you're certainly right about this not looking real but it does look great! It really does look like it was painted. Fantastic colors and lighting!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Sharp as a tack fom end to end. Like the colours and this one really pops.

[Vida van der Walt]

Beautiful image Roman. Excellent IQ and detail, love the colours.:)

[Roman Kurywczak]

Thanks All! Was worried about the unreal look.....but they all seem to turn out that way with this particular water lily.