The Lily Pond

R.Jay · January 24, 2009

Hi, My wife has always wanted a Lily pond - so that was my gardening project last winter. We were given some lily plants by some good friends of ours a couple of weeks ago and they are starting to flower already. In these days of world turmoil - it is nice to appreciate the simple things in life - such as a lily pond.

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#3

#4

#5

Thanks for looking. C&C welcome.

Cheers, Richard.

(Canon 450D / 55-250mm)

Skippy · January 24, 2009

R.Jay wrote:

Hi, My wife has always wanted a Lily pond - so that was my gardening project last winter. We were given some lily plants by some good friends of ours a couple of weeks ago and they are starting to flower already. In these days of world turmoil - it is nice to appreciate the simple things in life - such as a lily pond.

Thanks for looking. C&C welcome.

Cheers, Richard.

(Canon 450D / 55-250mm)

Richard first of all I'd just like to say WOW :eek1 and yes even backwards,
WOW again :eek1 the water is like a mirror, these images are very sharp!

Nice bokeh in that first shot

They all look beautiful, my personal fav's are the first 2 shots

Awesome job on making the Lilly Pond, I'm sure your wife is just thrilled with it....... congratulations

.... Skippy

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R.Jay · January 24, 2009

Skippy wrote:

Richard first of all I'd just like to say WOW :eek1 and yes even backwards,
WOW again :eek1 the water is like a mirror, these images are very sharp!

Nice bokeh in that first shot
They all look beautiful, my personal fav's are the first 2 shots

Awesome job on making the Lilly Pond, I'm sure your wife is just thrilled with it....... congratulations .... Skippy
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Hi Skippy, thanks for your feedback and yes - my wife is very happy with the results, as is the local 'motorbike' frog population.
The off-centre placement of the lily in the shots is as a result of your feedback from my first post - thanks for the tip.
Cheers, Richard

redleash · January 24, 2009

Beautiful images, all of them! #1 is my favorite.

My list of photos that I want to take has long included a lily pad image. The ones I've shot have not been what I want, so I may just look at yours (longingly) instead! Thanks for sharing such beauty.

Lauren

jeffmeyers · January 24, 2009

They are all very, very nice. Great work. I prefer #1 and #2. And I think I like #2 the best. The OOF pedal in the rear keeps drawing my eye. I suggest you darken it some so that it doesn't lead the viewer away from the foreground pedal but to it. Just a little bit darker. Make sense?

dlplumer · January 24, 2009

Beautiful set.

R.Jay · January 24, 2009

redleash wrote:

Beautiful images, all of them! #1 is my favorite.

My list of photos that I want to take has long included a lily pad image. The ones I've shot have not been what I want, so I may just look at yours (longingly) instead! Thanks for sharing such beauty.

Lauren

Hi Lauren, I'm glad you like them - all I need now is a frog sitting on a lily pad!
Cheers, Richard.

R.Jay · January 24, 2009

jeffmeyers wrote:

They are all very, very nice. Great work. I prefer #1 and #2. And I think I like #2 the best. The OOF pedal in the rear keeps drawing my eye. I suggest you darken it some so that it doesn't lead the view away from the foreground pedal but to it. Just a little bit darker. Make sense?

Hi Jeff. I know exactly what you mean and I did try your suggestion before posting the shot. Unfortunately my 'technical ability' was not up to it - could not get any real detail into that petal - I am an amateur when it comes to these things - such is life! Thanks for your feedback - much appreciated.
Cheers, Richard.