Water Lily

[AgingEyes]

Thank you for looking !

[Grandpaw]

I like the shot but wish the focus would have been on the flower instead of the first lily pad, Jeff

[draymorton]

I see what Jeff is saying, but I like it as is.

[armando_m]

Wonderful!

I like the colors of the leafs, and the dark blue of the water, the roots are great also

and yes the flower can be in better focus but still a great image

[LeeIs]

Really great. everything about this works perfect. love the colour scheme, the placement of elements. etc. great job!

[AgingEyes]

The flower actually is in focus. I think the reason it doesn't look as sharp as the leaf in the foreground because it doesn't have much contrast, i.e., it's primarily white and light grey in color. No problem, just some more sharpening I suppose

Thank you for the comments folks !!

[armando_m]

ok... kind of like giving good contrast to bright snow ...

a bit of playing with the light curves only on the flower can make it more clear, without additional sharpening

or tonal contrast with color efex pro, just on the flower

[Rmagers3505]

I like as is as well. Seeing the roots adds something to it.

[jonlastimosa]

i like the colors. so crisps and clear

[GB1]

I really like a lot about this shot - looks like great morning light. The exposure looks spot on and the water droplets, color and contrast all work here.

Two areas I think could be improved: possibly more DOF, esp in the foreground (I am not sure though), and definitely consider cloning on the upper right and/or the leaf just below the one in the upper right, which may balance out the composition.

GB

[readingr]

I love this what beautiful colours.

Just to make it even better I would select the flower and boost the contrast a tad, to make the water drops stand out more.

Roger R.

[shootme]

The focus on the flower doesn't distract me, the shot all round is great with nice detail and colour.