Carol Heffernan  


Lovely Lily by Carol Heffernan

October 2025 - Lovely Lily

October 2025 - Carol Heffernan

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About the Image(s)

Lovely Lily just won the Naples Botanical Garden Water Lily 2025 competition for color. I go often to the garden (45 minute drive, so not as often as we'd like) and love the lilies, lotus and orchids (which I have more trouble getting good shots of). I love the variety of colors and love editing them. This time I had to remove a few distractions (PS and LR healing) and enjoy the new LR remove tool. Lots of masks for exposure, blacks, whites, highlights, hue and color temp adjustments, radial gradients to focus on the lily, more masks for saturation, tint, shadows, hue, and exposure and then double checked for spots on the petals and water that I found distracting. A slight vingnette to finish it so your attention went to the lily. I actually found the print (NBG made canvas prints of the winners) was darker than I expected. Not sure if that's an editing issue or printing issue. The water is black (they put something in it), so it's always dark and a good contrast.
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