Water Lily

great photo!

Very nice

Very lovely.I would almost be tempted to crop out towards the lily itself, as the pad is already cut anyways?

Very lovely shot. I agree with Flo on the cropping suggestion.

stsva wrote in post #10906992
Very lovely shot. I agree with Flo on the cropping suggestion.

Yep, either show the entire leaf, or crop to pretty much just the flower.

wow .. nice pic !!

i agree with the crop but it helps to show the contrast as well .. so it is matter of taste ..

my eye keeps looking at the the lilly at 9 , 6 , 3 clock at edges are bit distracting as the flower is aging .. maybe u can clone that to make it a "perfect" lilly

I love it, but the cutoff leaf is distracting.

Flo wrote in post #10906699
lovely.

that's the word that popped immediately to mind. great lighting. perfect focus. great comp. very pleasing to my newb eye.

Very nice. I like the contrast between the leaf and the colors of the Lily. I also like seeing the surface tension of the water against the leaf.

The lily almost appears to be lit up from inside.

Sweet shot! Great lens for these types of shots.

Light seems a bit harsh, but nice otherwise.

IanBMW wrote in post #10908864
I love it, but the cutoff leaf is distracting.

Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization - Law of Closure. The mind sees a round leaf and keeps trying to 'see' the whole leaf. Cutting off more of the leaf will help reduce the distraction.

The lily is awesome - it looks unreal.

Thanks everyone for the comments. I didn't crop the left. That's the composition I had taken the shot as. I tried cropping closer to the flower, but didn't like it at all.

I had thought about taking out the "dead" parts of the flower, but then decided against it. I might go at it again and see if I can clean it up some.

Stupendous image, lilly colours are amazing.