June Birthdays Water Lily by TwoPynts

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Jun 02, 2006

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"As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death." "Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses." "Human subtelty will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions, nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous." "Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen." "Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else." "Life well spent is long." -all quotes by Leonardo Da Vinci

Yep, another water lily photo, this one nice and close. I considered cropping in even closer, but I like the way the outer petals add to the effect of making this look like one of nature's fireworks. Let me respond to some questions I have been asked since starting this series. How do I get my images so sharp? Well, not all of them are, but you better believe the ones I put in my gallery will be, if that is the intent. I don't have expensive equipment (Olympus C-8080WZ) and only sometimes use a tripod, but I try to keep as still as possible while shooting and try to get as high a shutter speed as possible. I actually have my in-camera sharpening set to lower than standard. When I post-process my images in PhotoshopCS, selective sharpening is on of the steps I normally go through. The trick is not to overdo it...sometimes tough. As for the rest of the postwork, well, that varies with each image, but I usually put each image through a gamut of levels/curves adjustment, selective dodging and burning, noise removal, hue/saturation adjustment, and a variety of artistic enhancements. Thanks for your interest and I'll happily answer any specific question anyone may have. I learn something new with every photo, that is part of the fun. ----- Please join me in wishing all the June bugs a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY MONTH! Some of them I know and count as friends include Mary (marybelgium), Egmont (camera2, CameraObscura, egmont), Henk (Hedepo), Magorzata (Niutek), Kim (bentchick) and Kai (short_ribs). I'm sure I missed some of you so let me know and I'll add you to the list! And I can't forget my son Connor who turns 6 today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all of you! ----- Many thanks for your umbrageous comments on my last upload, In the Shade of a Lily.

----- Olympus C-8080WZ & PhotoshopCS. (635)

Comments (31)

morningglory

8:27AM | Fri, 02 June 2006

Wow....what a beautiful color on this lily. I can see the temptation to crop closer, but you probably got it perfect here.

NightmareHero

8:43AM | Fri, 02 June 2006

Beautiful image, thank you for sharing it with us.

Digimon

8:49AM | Fri, 02 June 2006

Great! Now my retinas have been fried by this purple Super Nova!!! ; ) Happy B-day to all June babies!!!

Hopalong

9:43AM | Fri, 02 June 2006

Looks hungry. By the way, the little blurb about "Common Sense" is taken directly from Aristotle. Da Vinci and Buonarotti (dialectical form of Bonaparte) were poles, both as artists and as personalities, but both shared the biting Florentine wit. In the last supper, Christ is the only figure whose attention is on the food, which is a mocking sendup of the NT's picture of Peter, hehe. Accounts of DaVinci's conflicts with the the monks he worked with in various monasteries are hilarious, and the Last Supper is partly to be understood in the same context. When's the last time you saw a picture of people eating in a cafeteria on the wall of a cafeteria? He was also, like Dali, a real party animal, including a great designer of party favors and amusements. Practical jokes, well, there was time he....

Valerie-Ducom

10:24AM | Fri, 02 June 2006

very beautiful capture and perfectly color.. well done, good day and kiss ;)

cynlee

10:28AM | Fri, 02 June 2006

another beaut! & be hard to pass up a chance to wish others a Happy Birthday! makes every day a celebration.. ;]HB!

Dynazty

10:35AM | Fri, 02 June 2006

Excellent shot and color...I'm a C8080WZ shoter my-self, got mine at the end of last summer, my first camera ever like this. I used the point n shot 35mm before and thought the C8080 would be a great learning curve and it has been a great camera to learn on.....=]

Denger

10:41AM | Fri, 02 June 2006

"Human subtelty will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions, nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous" ...whomever said this has surely never seen a bull moose, for example! :]

evilstoy

12:36PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

Beautiful close up.

SoulSearcherr

1:19PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

HB Mr. Connor..this is beautiful

squirrel2005

2:24PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

AWWWWWWWWWWW! YOU did it!!! It's gorgeous!! Awesome close up... and WOOOW! Those colors .. mmmmm ........it's YUMMI!!! I wanna grab your fantastic flower !! LOL. You group it perfect. Thanks for shaing it, and I wish you a lovely day!

KDI

2:52PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

hey boss, I like this one, do you photoshop these or is there no post work on these? anyhow, great work, amazing image. By the way jessica is is out of college, she is want to work this summer. may you need to take a 3 hour trip:) over and out !

short_ribs

3:06PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

Well... this is awesome work!!!! You really know how to impress with shots like these! Thanks or sharing, have a great weekend! ;)

hotracer2

3:21PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALL!!!!! Beautiful flower to give them for their happy day:):)..V

BBarbs

4:48PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

Looks superb. Really awesome photo. The colors are so gorgeous and I really love being able to see the stamen and inside. Just wonderful. I wish I knew of this color water lilly. Never seen it so beautiful. Stunning image. V

busi2ness

6:25PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

It's a brilliant picture and colour and sharpness I can only wish to achieve!

pinkpixel

7:43PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

I just love the series you are doing withe the water lilys. now I can not make up my mind which I like, you make it hard because they are so stunning. Have a great weekend ......

rayburg

9:11PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

Beautiful pic for the month of June...you can add me to your BD list for June. and Happy birthday to your son and the rest of the June babies..

DonnaB

10:10PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

Gorgeous shot and colors!

parb1194

10:49PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

Fantastic beautiful pink water lily flower, breath taking with that yellow center.

DonaKuka

11:31PM | Fri, 02 June 2006

Excellent macro...great colours and detail!!! Fantastic work!!!

sharky_

1:18AM | Sat, 03 June 2006

Beautiful dedi to the June Birthday Gang. Happy Birthday all. Aloha

Margana

2:41AM | Sat, 03 June 2006

It's beautiful,Kortalouche.The detail is wonderful.I love the compo,as well.You cropped it perfectly.Major kudos on all your waterlily shots.They're all wonderful....Happy Bday to all the June babies and especially your Connor.Six...aw...what a wonderful age.I hope you both had a fabulous day.All the best to you both,-M :^)

jif3d

3:54AM | Sat, 03 June 2006

Botanical feast for the eyes ! "an old man loved, is winter with flowers"(a German proverb). Cheers

bentchick

11:08AM | Sat, 03 June 2006

How sweet!!!!!!!! My first birthday wish!!! Thanks, Kort!!!! I do have to point out that the rose is Junes flower!!! LOL :P JK!!! I love all flowers! Especially yours, you do such a fantastic job on all of them!!!! Thanks again and Happy Birthday to the rest of you June Bugs!!