Empress Lilly

[Gus Cobos]

This fine lady resides in the front pond at Pine Crest Gardens. She was painted with a Nikon D70s, using a Nikkor 200mm f/4D macro lens.

focal length @ 200mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / matrix metering / 1/160sec. - f/4.2 / ISO @ 200 /
exposure comp @ -0.3EV / white balance @ cloudy / AF Mode @ manual / color mode @ sRGB /
tone comp @ +1 degree / hue adjustment @ + 2 degrees / saturation factor @ + 1 degrees / no speedlight /
tripod assist /

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Gus Cobos]

P.S. I was contemplating on cloning out the bee that was flying towards the lens; but I left it in...:eek:

[carole wiley]

I am glad you left the bee, I like him alot. I think I would like this better if the background was all black and didn't include the green/red leaf? I do like the flower and angle.

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Excellent composition and angle.
Congrats

[Harold Davis]

i'm thinking about this one. be back, gotta go to work

[Alfred Forns]

Excellent Gus Got the same flower !!!

When converting in PS I tried some color intensifying which worked out kind of well !!! Love the presentation and selected crop !!!

[Richard Waas]

Gus, Beautiful shot. Sorry I missed you guys on Saturday. See you on Tuesday.