Stargazer Lily

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Taken in my back garden, one of the most stunning and perhaps most celebrated lily varieties is the stargazer lily. Known for its striking blooms and heavenly scent.




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Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful! Wonderful detailing and colour, and all without the usual pollen stains that can sometimes ruin shots like these. Looks great against the black background.

Personally, i would have gradually faded out the stem as it dropped out of the frame, but thats just personal taste.

Very good indeed!

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Hi Paul, Thanks for looking and for the kind comment much appreciated. Glad you like it. Had a play with Redfields fractalius demo, this is the result.
Just need to sort out about removing demo.

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Nice example of the Fractalius filter. Its a great subject for the effect, but i much prefer the delicacy of your original.

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Nice one, Paul i know you have asked for serious crit but i cant see anything to say except its a great image and well done.

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Hi Paul, excellent flower image, nice colours with good detail. Only small crit is the background, when I view it full screen I can see a distracting shadow in background.

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Hi Dennis
Thanks for stopping to take a look and commenting, very much appreciated.
All the best
Paul

Hi Barry, thanks for your comments, very much appreciated.
As for the distracting shadow, I thought you had lost the plot at first, as I couldn't see any? Then I tilted my screen down a bit and I now see what you mean, well spotted. Will have blacken out in PS.
All the best Paul

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Hi Paul .. Great photo of the stargazer wonderful detail pin sharp .. Thanks for sharing ..
Cheers
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Mornin' Paul, agree with everyone else here its a brilliant capture, but I too see the distracting frame in the background which keeps drawing my eye away from the lilly - btw: these are my missus favs. We have two tubs just by backdoor and they smell lovely when in bloom!!!!

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Thank you both for your comments, very much appreciated.
I have removed the distracting background.
All the best Paul

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