Photo fun: Water Lily
by Brian
We would like to welcome Brian Dote from Dote Photography as our guest blogger. Brian will share one of his amazing photos every Thursday and he would love to hear your feedback.
Photo of a water lily taken at Lyon Arboretum in Manoa valley. There was a beautiful fish pond with lots of lilys.
The photo of the water lily was shot at 1/200 sec at f/4.0, 145mm at ISO 100 using my Canon EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens mounted on a Canon 40D.
Tags: Canon, Canon EOS 40D
January 22nd, 2009 at 11:15 am
That’s beautiful! Purple is my favorite color, so I’m automatically drawn to this picture, but the way you softened the edges to bring out the flower even more is lovely.
January 22nd, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Thanks Fran! I wanted to soften the edges to draw attention to the center of the flower. I especially like the contrasting colors here, the purple on dark green, the yellow and purple…. I’m a texture junky and in the full-resolution image there’s a lot more grain and texture to the pistils in the center of the flower. It’s a bit lost in translation here, but oh well, still an ol’ favorite. Check back next Thursday for another ol’ favorite! Thanks again for commenting, -Dote