Actually I took about 600 shots but many were at multiple exposures to ensure a good shot in the can.
I have almost 200 of the water show alone.
BTW, that yellow lily at the beginning that seems to glow, that is not a photoshop edit.
The water at Longwood is died black so the colors of the lilies seem to pop and glow.
Many of the waterlily pictures were taken in the early afternoon under very bright clear skies.
Even by under exposing by 2 stops, I still ended up with some blown out shots as the black water confused the camera's sensor.
Here is a less than ideal shot followed by one at a few stops difference so you see what I mean.
In the first shot notice how there is no definition in the flower... just white against a black backdrop.
The second shot you can actually tell what it is and see difinition in the colors and shapes.
It is not a crop but a separately exposed shot. The sky also gave nasty reflections back as well.
If not for the use of a polarizer, I would not have a shot that I liked.
I adjusted the polarizer as much as I did the shutter speeds.
Tim
