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Water lily

May 25th, 2008 | flowers | 12 Comments »
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Let’s kick off this brand new blog with a beautiful water lily I shot last weekend in the pool of my girlfriend’s garden (well basically it’s her landlord’s garden who lives above her ;-) ). It just stopped raining, so the flower was half closed, but the the raindrops on the leafs give the picture such an idyllic look. During the summer I’ll post probably a lot of flowers from that garden because it’s such a beautiful with so many interesting flowers. I must admit the landlord takes good care of his garden.

waterlelie

Shot with my 50mm f1.8 lens in aperture priority f5.6 and -2/3EV exposure bias because it was very cloudy. Most of my shots are taken with this 50mm prime. I’m looking for a second decent lens though, which I plan to buy shortly. But I’ll ask your advice on that later.

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12 Comments on “Water lily”

  1. 1 Flickr: Bulldog23,tea party movement banned me,, said at 20:03 on May 25th, 2008:

    Very well done,,

  2. 2 Flickr: two Moon sky said at 20:24 on May 25th, 2008:

    Nicely shot.
    Seen in the Flower Pictures (NO LIMITS) group

  3. 3 Flickr: masha2606 said at 21:34 on May 25th, 2008:

    lovely!
    This is definitely a Fabulous Flower!

    Seen in Fabulous Flowers

  4. 4 Dikkie said at 00:08 on May 26th, 2008:

    Nice! (this is obviously a test comment ;-) )

  5. 5 Flickr: Lynnette_ said at 03:23 on May 26th, 2008:

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  6. 6 Dikkie said at 23:29 on May 26th, 2008:

    Another test comment

  7. 7 photo.dikkie.net :: Dikkie said at 23:10 on May 28th, 2008:

    [...] hup, ga er eens kijken zou ik zeggen. De eerste foto is er één van een mooie [...]

  8. 8 Lime said at 11:04 on May 29th, 2008:

    This is not a test comment. It’s just a comment to tell you it’s a nice picture ;)

  9. 9 Dikkie said at 11:07 on May 29th, 2008:

    @Lime: Thank you! :-)

  10. 10 Christophe said at 13:45 on May 29th, 2008:

    Very nice shot. I thought seeing some animals instead of leaves (a goose and a frog :) )

  11. 11 Jan said at 14:45 on May 30th, 2008:

    Hooray… another Canon lover posting pictures online. Wellcome, Dikkie. The 50mm prime is indeed a great lens. Depending on what you like to do (going wide or zoom), I recommend the Canon 24-105mm F4.0 IS, depending on your budget of course.

    Keep on posting, man !!!

    Jan

  12. 12 Dikkie said at 18:00 on May 30th, 2008:

    Hey Jan, I’m looking for a really decent upgrade of the kit lens. A travel lens, for during the summer. So the 24 is too tight, I want it a bit wider (starting around 17). But the 24-105 is definitely on my wishlist though, when I saved up some cash ;-)

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