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Lotus
Lotus
Steef


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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Grounds for Sculpture, NJ
Date: Sep 19, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160s
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Mar 9, 2009

it's a lotus!

edit: it's a lily.

Statistics
Place: 212 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 6.1072
Avg (commenters): 6.6716
Avg (participants): 6.0882
Avg (non-participants): 6.2254
Views since voting: 846
Views during voting: 662
Votes: 513
Comments: 72
Favorites: 1 (view)


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03/18/2009 08:48:02 AM
thank you for all the awesome comments! i even learned a bit about identifying flowers :)

this apparently isn't a lotus, but a lily. i feel pretty dumb but oh well
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 09:02:38 PM
Sharp.
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03/17/2009 06:06:10 PM
great light and details, love this one
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03/17/2009 06:05:37 PM
Excellent clarity! Very nice framing. 7
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03/17/2009 12:39:28 AM
Beautiful flower, beautifully composed and exposed shot.
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03/16/2009 10:48:14 PM
Nice shot. Not sure whether the uneven lighting helps or hurts it. The light spots are not too blown out, and the picture works.
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03/16/2009 08:49:24 PM
Beautiful detail in the petals, nice composition. I like the way the white pops out of the black background.
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03/16/2009 02:41:25 PM
Nice detail and color. Good shot.
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03/16/2009 01:42:09 PM
Good composition. The whites are so crisp. Nice work.
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03/16/2009 03:55:27 AM
Awesome capture and presentation. Gorgeous.
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03/16/2009 02:10:43 AM
just beautiful
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03/15/2009 10:47:28 PM
Voted earlier coming back to leave comments not. Beautiful floral shot! Love the crisp whites and buttery yellow of this lotus flower. You captured some nice details too, with the lined texture I see on the outer petals. The dark water really helps to set off the brilliant white of the flower quite nicely such that it pops off the page.
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03/15/2009 10:22:06 PM
Beautiful! It looks like a waterlily to me, though...
Nice details in the white. Good job.



Not voting yet.
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03/15/2009 09:09:33 PM
Great sharpness, well framed.
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03/15/2009 07:49:02 PM
spectacular!
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03/15/2009 05:21:06 PM
simple and elegant
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03/15/2009 04:30:44 PM
Nice use of lighting on the flower, composition is okay.
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03/15/2009 02:36:39 PM
Nicely composed. Would almost like a little more light on the left side of the flower.
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03/15/2009 01:44:51 PM
Very nice and sharp
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03/15/2009 12:10:46 PM
one of the better lotus images, love the hint of lily pad in the darker areas, adds a lot to the image
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03/15/2009 10:27:43 AM
Very nice image. It's good to see a few "great" images. This is a perfect reflection of your abilities as a photographer.
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03/15/2009 09:36:34 AM
Nice. Effective and simple. Really like the dark water and the contrast in the white flower. Excellent use of DOF while still retaining sharpness in the photo. Very well done.
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03/15/2009 09:20:00 AM
Beautiful flower. Very sharp. Great shot.
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03/15/2009 08:56:00 AM
Beautiful colour and light, that's a gorgeous flower.

Back to vote, I gave this an 8.
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03/15/2009 06:06:41 AM
nice but this is not very good angle to take macros of blossoms or maybe then just zoom it to the midlle...
dunno
5 from me ;D
brano
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03/14/2009 11:37:11 PM
Pefrect focus, color, lighting and placement. Beautiful capture!
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03/14/2009 10:59:50 PM
Super sharp! One of the best floral shots in the challenge.
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03/14/2009 10:55:10 PM
Everything works great here.
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03/14/2009 08:49:30 PM
Nicely done. I'd burn the upper left corner a little more...
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03/14/2009 08:18:19 PM
Good composition!
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03/14/2009 07:32:22 PM
There are some great flowers in the challenge, this is one of them.... 7
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03/14/2009 05:42:07 PM
A classic shot done well. Nice DOF on this - it could have easily been too shallow.
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03/14/2009 11:29:08 AM
Stunning lotus image. Sharp and detailed as a tack and brilliant whites and yellows. 8
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03/14/2009 10:29:29 AM
Beautifully composed, framed.
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03/14/2009 05:38:26 AM
lovely shot love the detail in the highlights
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03/14/2009 03:19:53 AM
Great composition and color
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03/14/2009 12:22:17 AM
excellent contrast, well composed. 7
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03/13/2009 07:56:00 PM
oooo this is nice, IMO a little more saturation in the yellow might have made it pop a little more but either way very nice photo, well done.
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03/13/2009 07:42:39 PM
About as Zen as a lotus can be. Nice contrast in shapes and tones.
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03/13/2009 04:32:54 PM
Tranquil shot. Needs some of the space to the right cropped out perhaps.
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03/13/2009 03:59:16 PM
Beautiful flower!
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03/13/2009 03:13:22 PM
Really nice capture, great composition.
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03/13/2009 12:58:48 PM
Wonderful detailed photo of a beautiful flower. Nice light!
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03/13/2009 12:14:54 PM
this is one that you could have pulled in just a little tighter to the flower to fill the frame...but still an excellent shot
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03/13/2009 12:02:02 PM
nice contrasting colors: yellow / white / black

the lighting is nice, the shadows fall perfectly
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03/13/2009 11:16:30 AM
Good framing and details in the white flower.
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03/13/2009 09:28:40 AM
Nicely done.
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03/13/2009 03:11:05 AM
nearly perfect macro - love the details
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03/13/2009 03:02:02 AM
Highest scoring flower shot so far from me. :)
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03/12/2009 11:44:00 PM
Good perspective; very sharp.
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03/12/2009 11:07:18 PM
a perfect technical image.
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03/12/2009 10:12:19 PM
Awesome detail, great exposure. The leaf at bottom right really helps to balance this good composition. Lovely shot.
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03/12/2009 05:54:25 PM
I like the composition.
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03/12/2009 01:04:23 PM
very good focus and nice composition
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03/12/2009 11:20:48 AM
sharp and clean shot.
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03/12/2009 06:06:43 AM
nice
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03/12/2009 02:27:04 AM
Well captured, good contrast, good composition.. good work!
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03/12/2009 01:26:00 AM
beautiful
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03/11/2009 10:07:54 PM
I really like the clarity of the white on this and the detail. Also, the composition is very well balanced between the flower and the green lily pad (?).
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03/11/2009 09:52:18 PM
Very pretty. Nice and sharp. It might be my monitor, but the lily pad is a little dark-- nope, nevermind, it was my monitor.. Well done!
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03/11/2009 08:26:50 PM
Subtle beauty at its best.
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03/11/2009 04:19:45 PM
Nice crisp focus. I find the lotus to be a very elegant flower.
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03/11/2009 12:09:14 PM
Beautiful
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03/11/2009 12:03:02 PM
Nice composition with excellent detail on the bloom.
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03/11/2009 11:11:57 AM
great composition, nice light, good image
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03/11/2009 10:06:32 AM
I would wish for a tad more illumination on the flower. Nice shot.
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03/11/2009 09:32:04 AM
Very pretty and great detail. I think I would have made the top left all black in there but its still very nice!
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03/11/2009 04:27:38 AM
lovely light, the colours and sharpness are great
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03/11/2009 02:09:33 AM
A lotus is a lotus is a lotus.. but not in this case.. it's lovely!
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03/11/2009 01:02:51 AM
beautiful lily
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03/11/2009 12:34:05 AM
I like the lighting - really makes all the details in the petals stand out.
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03/11/2009 12:33:32 AM
sharp!
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