Water Lily Time

[Roman Kurywczak]

From Longwood Gardens this Thursday. Next month and a half will be prime there!
Canon 1D Mark lll with the Sigma 180mm macro at f32 and 1/125 sec. and ISO 800 with the MT 24 twin lights at +2. HH, Slight crop right and top and a few flash highlights removed. Saved at 77 quality to fit.

To all the Fathers out there......Happy Fathers Day!

[Nick Palmieri]

Nice placement and beautiful colors. I wish that one leaf at 5:00 was absent. On my laptop I am seeing a branch extending into the frame from the upper left corner. I like the color and texture of the lily pad in the FG.

[Roger Clark]

Roman,

This is simply astounding! How do you get the background leaf dark and the flowers so (relatively) bright? Is this a focusing effect of the flash, or post processing, or both?

Roger

[Roman Kurywczak]

Roman,

This is simply astounding! How do you get the background leaf dark and the flowers so (relatively) bright? Is this a focusing effect of the flash, or post processing, or both?

Roger

Sorry Roger for the late reply......at f32 I am underexposing the ambient light........so light falloff is quick. The flashed really make the water lilly pop......and I give the final punch in PP'ing.....but that is the least amount of work on the image

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Roman. You do very well with these lilies! Very nice light on the flower, great detail on the flower and leaf, the black background works well, and I like the off-center comp. A beautiful image!

[Brendan Dozier]

This is just awesome, Roman. The colors are so rich and vibrant, it almost looks like an fine illustration. Black BG really makes it pop, love the whole composition! :cheers:

[bhavya joshi]

Just..wow.. Roman.. Super glowy flowers.. Nice colors.. Beautifful image.. :cheers: