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    Taken during a walk through the Jacksonville Zoo. These African Water Lilies are part of the gardens there and are not native to Florida.
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    Slight crop for presentation and processed in LR 2.0

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    Sweet shot and nice reflection. The colors are wonderful. I would suggest a little more breathing space between the rightmost petal and the frame -- just a bit -- and I'd clean up the little spots on some of the petals (if that is within your own limits for modifications).

    Lovely overall!

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    Hey Paul, a great comp and the reflection really adds a nice touch. Agree with Bruce on a little more space on the right as the petal touches the edge of the frame. The color of the petals on the left side look a little over exposed and lost some color, but it could be my monitor, we'll see if others mention it.

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    HI Paul,

    This is beautiful. I agree about having a little more space, but I also like it as posted.

    I'm not sure if the color is washed out, or if it just looks that way because the petal colors in the reflection appear to be more saturated, and, by comparison, the flower itself seems less so.... My monitor isn't calibrated, so I'll sit on the fence on that one...

    Great image.

    Amy D.

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    Thanks everyone! Good suggestions abound. I could possibly clean up that one leaf. The original image was tight on the right and when I added the presentation border, it got even tighter. The lighter leaf (top right) is probably a bit sunwashed-shot was taken around 3pm in high sun. I recovered it as best I could. Exposing for that would have rendered all else underexposed--but now LR 2.0 lets you brush in localized exposure. I went back and did a little more work.
    Last edited by Paul Pagano; 09-14-2008 at 09:15 AM.

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    Hey Paul, carry a diffuser with you and shade the subject from the sun, it will help with the hot spots.

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    Firstly, its a very beautiful image Paul.
    But am not sure if I understand the image correctly. Is that the reflection in water of the lily ?
    How did u manage to get such a still reflection amongst flowing/rippled water...?
    Was the reflection photoshopped ?
    Just curious...
    Thanks.

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    Hi Kaushik,

    Yes, the reflection of the actual flower is the lower image in the water. This was all in camera. The only post processing I did was an adjustment to saturation, color, and local exposure (on one leaf) in LR 2.0; a tiny bit of cloning on one leaf to hide some spots and imperfections, and the border (done in MS Digital Image). Not sure how the reflection was so nice but this pond is somewhat small and there is no running water-the ripples were quite light.

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    Beautiful work! the reflection is what does it for me.

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    Its absolutely splendid Paul !

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