Lotus Bud

[Bob Miller]

Shot this at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens outside DC under overcast skies
Nikon D3s
200-400@400mm
1/6 sec at f16
ISO 200
All comments welcome!

[Jeff Parker]

Love the colors and clean, simple compostition. The background has something going on, maybe from processing?

[denise ippolito]

Bob, It's a beautiful bud and the colors are lovely. I may have moved it over to the right just a hair. I might sharpen the tip of the bud just a bit more too. Did you do any BG work near the tip and top right? Very fine capture.

[Bob Miller]

Jeff and Denise...Thanks for the feedback....I will work on blending the bg better....Can't believe I didn't notice!

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Bob. A beautiful flower bud nicely captured! I like the slight diagonal of the comp. I'd be tempted to either add a bit of room on the left - or crop a little off the right. There appears to be a couple sensor dust spots near the lower right part of the bud - an easy fix. You also might consider backing off the saturation of the greens a little. Overall, this is a very nice image and a few tweaks will make it even stronger! :S3:

[Paul Lagasi]

Nicely capture bud..very nice details and color...agree with Denise..Well done

[Jerry van Dijk]

This is wonderful Bob! Very nice composition, gorgeous colors, BG and details. I'll second a little more room on the left.

[Brendan Dozier]

Wonderful bold color, nice shape, and like the clean, simplicity of comp! Good suggestions, agree about more room on left. Nice work, Bob!

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Beautiful colors and nice details/texture on the bud. Well done!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Very beautiful Bob, nice work!

[Ken Childs]

Hey Bob, the colors you captured really jump off the screen....I really like how they gradually strengthen as you go up the flower. Any suggestions I would have made have already been given...follow those and you'll end up with a true winner! :S3: