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Lily #1

Open lily

The story behind this image

Due to problems with wind (the meteorological variety!) when photographing flowers outdoors, I generally prefer indoor set ups with bought flowers instead of going al fresco.

Lilies are one of my favourite types of bought flowers, as they can be photogenic at both the closed and open stages of their flowering cycle.

In this case I liked the curvy shape of the stigma and stamens, rising out of a colourful bed of petals.

I used window light and a black card background to get the shot.

Image data

Filename - lily 01.jpg

Camera - Canon 5D

Lens - 100mm macro

Exposure - 1sec @ f16, ISO100

Location - N/A

This image - 572x800px JPEG

Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2

Comments - Tripod, mirror lockup and cable release used to prevent camera movement.