Three Faces of Eve
Though these very delicate and pretty little yellow Tricoryne elatior (Yellow Rush Lily) are fairly common, finding three flowers so close together to make a good composition is a rare find, especially with the three faces at different angles to each other.
Photographed along a track at Grant’s Head, Bonny Hills, NSW, Australia, on an overcast spring afternoon, they were close to the ground out of the breeze. The problem that created was that the background was so close that even the large aperture and shallow depth of field did not knock it out sufficiently so I made the exposure for the brightest petal to darken the background as much as possible.
Fuji S9600: RAW, Super Macro, f/3.2 @ 1/1600sec, Manual focus, Tripod, Timer.
Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3.
Visit the Aussie Wildflower collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more native floral delights.
UPDATE: 11-8-09
These brilliant yellow wildflowers were awarded a MERIT and JUDGE’S CHOICE in the Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club’s July 2009 Open Competition in the Small Print Section.
Enjoy!
WILDFLOWERS: LILIES
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Tricoryne elatior
