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Castle Howard, Waterlilly

Posted by MaryB (Staffordshire, United Kingdom) on 30 July 2007 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

On our journey we stopped off a Castle Howard, a beautiful stately home, this is from one of the many ponds in the grounds. Unfortunatly, we couldn't take shots of the building as, there was a film crew there, and the building was surrounded with lighting equipment, etc, also no photography was allowed inside :(I took a suggestion from Rahul to play with the contrast and midtone setting, this is the result! :)

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Any tips or constructive criticism are welcome :)
I really appreciate all your comments, thank you so much. I'm only sorry I've not got time to respond. I do read all the comments and will try to answer any questions you have

Comments (24)

Sriram from Chennai, India

Wow.... beautiful tones! Brilliant work on this! Special!

30 Jul 2007 5:17am

@Sriram: Thank you very much, Sriram, I was curious to try out some simple effects :)

Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

AWESOME Mary, so it does work, doesn't it ?? LOL!!! The way the background has disappeared here and the details of the main subject are still intact is brilliant. It can sure go on the wall anyday, would definetly make a great piece of deco. :-)

And the best part is that its just 2 mins of processing work that does all this magic for you... tsk tsk. :-) Probably this is why i am so in love with photoshop now.

30 Jul 2007 5:30am

@Rahul: I certainly does Rahul :)
I used Microsoft Office picture manager, which seems limited, but was still happy with the result, not sure if I remember how I actually did it though LOL! :D
I've asked my son to help me take away the two bugs in the photo, think I need to go into paint though, to do that :)
Thank you again Rahul for your continued support, I very much apprecitate, it :) Have a great week pal.

Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ok, i see two black spots on the petals there, just dab them with the clone tool and you have a perfect image here pal.

30 Jul 2007 5:32am

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Fantastic shot! I love the contrast and it makes the flower seem as if it's jumping out at you! Great work.

30 Jul 2007 6:10am

@Stunner: Cheers Stunner, I must admit, the way this worked was as a very pleasant suprise, I shall definanty keep experimenting now :)

Evi from Athens, Greece

Nice!

30 Jul 2007 6:47am

@Evi: Thank you Evi :)

ColNed Pictures from Amersfoort, Netherlands

Excellent work , the black helps to bring out the great colors of the flower, good job !!

30 Jul 2007 7:19am

@ColNed Pictures: Thank you ColNed :) I wasn't very happy with the original shot, so it was perfect to experiment with.

Soodabeh from Yazd, Iran

Oh dear Mary! This is excellent. Good details and nice colors.

30 Jul 2007 7:39am

@Soodabeh: Thank you Soodabeh :) I was a little disapointed when I saw the original picture, but was very pleased when I saw this, it was fun to try something new.

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Really nice detail and color in this.

30 Jul 2007 9:50am

@badala: Cheers badala :)
The original picture was ok, but this definatly stands out better this way.

Shahab from Qazvin, Iran

Fantastic shot!Rich colors & very well composed.well done!

30 Jul 2007 10:22am

@Shahab: Many thanks Shahab, for your visit and very kind comments :)

Christine from Houston, United States

The contrast is perfect - it looks like a bit of sun landed in the pond.

30 Jul 2007 10:56am

@Christine: Thats a beautiful way of looking at it, thank you Christine :)

Nickyj from United Kingdom

Brilliant capture Mary :-)

30 Jul 2007 12:34pm

@Nickyj: Cheers Nicky, hope your birthday was good :)

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

Gorgeous result! Excellent shot and processing!

30 Jul 2007 1:48pm

@Jen: Awww! thanks Jen, I was happy with it for a first attempt, now I want to try more LOL :D

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

Beautiful photograph, Mary. You did a wonderful job with the processing.

30 Jul 2007 2:41pm

@Michael Rawluk: Thank you Michael, I didn't like the original capture much, so I thought I'd experiment with it, I'm glad I did now :)

Vanessa from Kent, United Kingdom

lovely shot there mary

30 Jul 2007 2:44pm

@Vanessa: Cheers Vanessa, I suprised myself this time :)

Shutterbug from Chennai, India

stunner!

30 Jul 2007 3:01pm

@Shutterbug: Cheers Shutterbug :)

Richard Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Love the fiery colour in the middle.

30 Jul 2007 3:13pm

@Richard Irwin: Thank you again Richard :)
I think that by experimenting with it, it really brought it to life.

Harald from Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Great shot, Mary

30 Jul 2007 3:56pm

@Harald: Thank you Harald, I've got the bug to do more experimenting now :)

kairospix from Singapore, Singapore

nice post processing job

30 Jul 2007 5:33pm

@kairospix: Many thanks kairospix, I'm trying something similar with a pink waterlilly at the moment, if it works out, I might post that at a later date :)

Markus from Reading, United Kingdom

I feel touched by this eerie glow. Amazing work!

30 Jul 2007 7:23pm

@Markus: Thank you very much Markus, I'm going to college in the new year, to do a course in Photoshop, I can't wait!

red queen from Scotland, United Kingdom

I like the way it's all by itself, without leaves, with nothing to distract.
They weren't filming continuation to Brideshead Revisited were they:)? Did you manage to get to that lovely fountain?

30 Jul 2007 8:14pm

@red queen: Thanks rq :)
Apparently they were filming Brideshead for the Cinema, I over heard someone say that Micheal Gambon and Emma Thomson, were there, but we didn't see them.
I did get to the fountain, tomorrow and fridays pic are of it, there was no water running though, which was a shame.

Myst from Bologna, Italy

Amazing macro!

30 Jul 2007 8:47pm

@Myst: Thank you Myst, I had to be held by my husband to save me from falling in the water to get this one LOL :D
I'm putting together a series of macro work at the moment, which is great fun and also a challenge :)

tengtan from Melbourne, Australia

The PP with the black in the background certainly brings out the whitish lily with the contrast. Fine details well captured.

30 Jul 2007 10:52pm

RoBeRt from Hawk Mountain, United States

very nice capture

31 Jul 2007 1:15am

Bob Israel from Brookfield, WI, United States

A wonderful capture. I really like the dark background.

1 Aug 2007 8:20pm

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