Water Lily in Habitat

[Bob Miller]

I took this on a beautiful cloudy day at Longwood Garden in Pa. I processes in LR /PS and then added a glow in Color efex for mood.
Nikon D3s
1/15 sec at f16
ISO 800
200-400 mm @400 mm

[Cheryl Slechta]

Bob, I love the image, love the glow and the mood. I can't figure out what the cylindrical object is behind the bud to the left of the main lily? It's kind of navy blue.

[nzmacro]

Just totally gorgeous !!. Love the low angle and the glow. Great greens and perspective Bob.

All the best and beautifully done.

Danny.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful comp, and the glow really works nicely.

[Nancy Bell]

Those glowing greens provide a spectacular foreground for the pearly white water lilies. I really like the subtle detail of that main leaf turned up under the lilies and trailing off to the left with a fringe-like edge. The center lily in the bkgd has a white petal tip on the left side that is disconnected to the blossom and could be cloned away. I also see what looks to be part of a dragonfly to the right of the right hand blossom that could be cloned away. But these are just tiny suggestions for this striking image.

[John Storjohann]

Beautifully done, Bob...a shame about the sign (?) below and just to the right of center on the tallest bloom....not sure if you could work that out of the image effectively or not. Striking processing, beautiful colors...Nancy makes some good suggestions as well. Keep these coming!

[Anita Bower]

Gorgeous! These flowers seem to be rising out of the water to show off their beauty. The light is beautiful. I like the dark around the flowers and pads. Very pleasing composition. It glows. Good suggestions above about cloning our a few distractions. The biggest distraction is the light/sign whatever that John and Cheryl mention. If you could clone that out, the image would be fabulous.