Curls and Swirls

These are green leaves of the water hyacinth plant. It belongs to the

genus Eichhornia. Water hyacinth are a free-floating perennial aquatic

plant native to tropical and sub-tropical countries, the Philippines

included where this image was taken. They have broad, thick, glossy,

ovate leaves and may rise above the surface of the water as much as

one meter.

 

Photo taken with Leica R Elmarit 28mm on a D300 Nikon 1/80 sec ISO

200 @ f8. Thank you for your time and your comments are highly

appreciated. Please "click" image for larger view.

Very sharp and good light. Some people think these are water lilies. These water hyacinths are concentrated in " Laguna de Bay". Thanks for sharing.

Hi Nelson, thank you for your comment and thanks for mentioning about the light. I must say I was lucky to have above me when I took this photo on location, an even light source from an overcast sky. Best regards!

Amazing DOF. Very clear and very nice capture. 

Wonderful lights, textures & colors, Lester ... an excellent shot !! A well deserved 7 and a hug ...

nice shot

Beautiful!

Really great colors and detail. Love the compostion as well. Especially like the leaf in the upper right which is illuminated slightly more than the others.

 

Very well done, Lester...

Wonderful image indeed. Lighting is most excellent. Great work!

A very beautiful image with vivid color. Best regards, Linh Dinh

Lester,

  Beautiful image with wonderful lighting & sharpness.  Thanks for sharing.  Take care, Patsy

Beautiful! I like it :)

Excellent light management,composition and capture.Right choice of DOF.Good work.

BR

Ramesh Sathyamurthi.

To Everybody:

Thank you for all your comments. Highly appreciated.

Lester

Great light and and use of shadows.

Monte, I appreciate your comment. Thanks! - Lester

Foto dai toni speciali,bello il taglio,complimenti !     ciao Paul

Impressive! Regards.

Very Good!

Paul, Evgeni & Tony, 

Thanks for your encouraging words. - Lester

progetto raffinato,complimenti !

saluti paul

This is such a beautiful photo. Will you share what you did in Photoshop and how the image was shot?

Thank you for your comment and appreciation for this image. For this photo, hardly any Photoshop was done except a little saturation and sharpness. The camera used was a Nikon D300 and mounted a Leica Elmarit R 28mm 2.8 with the following details 1/80 sec. ISO200 at f8. These water lilies were lying flat on the ground and the lighting was from an overcast sky early in the morning. The camera was mounted on a tripod and the film plane parallel to the ground. No filters used here. Attached is a photo of the place which is a lake in the Philippines. Thank you.

Outstanding work! Best regards

 

7/7!