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Description
Every time I started heading back to the car at Lowes Water Gardens I would spot something else interesting. I don’t recall ever seeing a lotus like this so I had to make a detour. >=))>
Specific Feedback
I used a number of different f-stops but found that if I focused manually on the seed pod that enough of the flower was sharp enough that I could let the BG go soft. I was pleasantly surprised at how much DOF I got at f5.6.
Technical Details
Sony A7rIII
Sony FE 70-200 f2.8 GM-II @ 120mm
ISO 400, 1/1000 @ f5.6
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I don’t know if I’ll get to see one of these in Korea! I think this may be the native species. It’s another fine shot, and great to see so many petals on a single bloom.
I thought you were sneaking in a dahlia until I saw the details in the flower’s center. Looks good as presented and the BG is dark and soft enough to help show off the petals…Jim
Never have seen a lotus flower like this either. Really lovely - sort of ragged looking, but also organized and that light. It’s as if it were glowing from within. Maybe it is being so flattered by your attention. Definitely worth it.
That’s a wild looking lotus, Bill. Plants have a habit of somehow or other completely duplicating their chromosome set in reproduction so they end up with two of each and sometimes that gets duplicated to create 4 of each, etc. It sometimes results in this kind of extravagance of extra petals, so I suspect that’s what happened to create this variety and, of course, the nursery trade jumped all over it.
As regards the photo, it’s really nice. The depth of field you used worked perfectly. I’m also surprised f/5.6 worked so well. I would have guessed a much smaller aperture.
