A Lily in the Forest + Edit

[AlanLichty]

This is a Tiger Lily I encountered while wandering in the Cascades this last week in the vicinity of Panther Creek. Kind of difficult to shoot since they face downwards but quite colorful and easy to spot.

Tiger Lily

• AlanLichty
• Jun 23, 2018

A Tiger Lily along a roadway in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

C&C always welcome.

Edit: I have edited the scene taking into account the suggestions of Jim Dockery and Doug Sherman. Masking the flower for the field blur wasn't entirely simple but I was able to refine the mask enough to make this work.

Tiger Lily

• AlanLichty
• Jun 23, 2018

A Tiger Lily on the forest floor in the Washington Cascades.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Nice one Alan.

 

[Jim Dockery]

Very nice capture of the flower, but I'd crop in much tighter all around it, loosing most of the top. I'd also do an auto-fill/clone on the red stems in the background.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Alan, this is such a delicate flower, and pretty cool. It's definitely a bit hard to shoot, but I like this and how it curls.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Nice, Alan. This has the potential to be an incredible image. Crop it tighter as Jim, Dockery suggested, blur the background with field blur, and lighten the anthers.

Use content select to select the background which should be easy with the sharp edges of the lily, stems, and anthers. Then go to filters>blur gallery>field blur. Use the slider on the upper right to blur as much as you want. then lighten the anthers and you have a real winner.

 

[AlanLichty]

Very nice capture of the flower, but I'd crop in much tighter all around it, loosing most of the top. I'd also do an auto-fill/clone on the red stems in the background.

Nice, Alan. This has the potential to be an incredible image. Crop it tighter as Jim, Dockery suggested, blur the background with field blur, and lighten the anthers.

Use content select to select the background which should be easy with the sharp edges of the lily, stems, and anthers. Then go to filters>blur gallery>field blur. Use the slider on the upper right to blur as much as you want. then lighten the anthers and you have a real winner.

Thanks for the suggestions. I have added blur to the background, cloned out the red stems in the background, lightened up the antlers a bit, and cropped it down to allow the flower to fill in more of the frame.

 

[Jim Dockery]

Most excellent on the edit! I hadn't noticed how the pattern of light areas in the background somewhat mirror the flower, but this crop makes it more apparent. Good suggestion from Doug too and you got it just right.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Thanks for the suggestions. I have added blur to the background, cloned out the red stems in the background, lightened up the antlers a bit, and cropped it down to allow the flower to fill in more of the frame.

Nice job, Alan. What a beautiful flower.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

Love the edit, it came out beautiful!

 

[JimFox]

Wow! What a difference with the edit Alan! You really worked with those excellent suggestions.