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Lotus flower

Taken at Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens is a botanical garden in southwest London that houses the "largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections...
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Taken at Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens is a botanical garden in southwest London that houses the "largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world".
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Canon EOS 70D

settings

Aperture f/7.1 ISO 400 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 70/1

upload_date

Jul, 2017

Views

1890

Likes

+282

Awards

Winner in Brightly Colored Flowers with Dark Backgrounds Photo Challenge

Winner in Lotus Photo Challenge

Winner in Just Petals Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+105

Absolute Masterpiece

+35

Top Choice

+25

Magnificent Capture

+14

Superb Composition

+13

All Star

Outstanding Creativity

Superior Skill

Virtuoso

Genius

Emotions

Impressed

Happy

Relaxed

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Categories

Thanks for joining my flower challenge

Awesome!

PRO+

Congratulations for your win in the Just Petals Challenge, excellent shot

PRO+

Gorgeous! Thank you for joining my "Favourite Nature Shot" challenge! Good Luck!

Platinum

Absolutely gorgeous!

Thank you for joining my Challenge „Lotus“. You are my Winner by far. Congratulation!

Ultimate

Congratulations on your Challenge win. Well Done! Awesome photo!

Thank you, so much. Steve

Ultimate

Beautiful image Steve! Congratulations on winning the challenge!! kurtsnyder

Thank You very much.

Congratulations 👏👏👏

Thank You

Gorgeous! 😍

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The contrast between dark and light makes this perfect!

Thank You,

love the delicacy of this photo. The minimalism allows the subject to stand out. Superb composition

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Behind The Lens

Location

Kew botanical gardens, richmond, London,

Time

Think it was about mid day to early afternoon

Lighting

What help with this shot is, the fact that kew gardens put a black dye in the water, i.e. the dark background. resulting in this great effect,

Equipment

Cannon 70D

Inspiration

All the fantastic flowers at kew gardens, and how great they look. its a fantastic place to photograph plants, trees and flowers, what ever time of the year (but best in the summer)

Editing

In my camera bag

Just my D70 body, a macro lens and two cannon zoom lens.

Feedback

Try to get level with the flower head and try different angles, Take your time, looking for the perfect flower,

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Lotus flower

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