Lily

I do so love lilies, which is quite handy as it's the meaning of my name.
I have read that the removal of the stamens prolongs the blooms life. I have yet to try this out, I normally remember the trick when they have left their mark on the walls and clothing and the petals are falling off.

This one is sooc, I've messed about enough with shots just lately

As always, thank you for your very kind comments, they are much appreciated

[sally agnew]

A beautiful capture Suzanne, lovely light and detail :)

[CC Folk]

Beautiful POV. I do remove the powdery tips because they do stain and get messy. Fav.

[Annie-Sue]

lily is as lily does

[diane day]

amazing capture and close up... love the details... fav

[Henri Russell]

Really nice, Suzanne.

[Chris]

Really nice macro great focus.

[FBailey]

Lovely details:)

[Steve Pooley]

Great colours. My eye is drawn right to the laden stamens but then pulls out to the lovely detail of the rest of the shot.

[Graham Harcombe]

That is amazingly sharp focussing. Great image!

[elkehochban]

Gorgeous! I don't know if removal extends the life of the flower, but I remove them because the pollen falls of and stains everything in sight!

[Sharon]

Like the perspective you have chosen and what a lovely background. I always seem to manage to get stains all over my clothes when handling lilies.

[Margo]

Great pov

[Carole Sandford]

Beautiful capture!

[Faye Turner]

Wonderful close up!

[Helen Jane]

super capture. no need to do anything with it. I wonder if I tried the trick you suggest, I wouldn't be allergic to lillies anymore. I never thought of that.

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful

[Rachel]

Very pretty. I usually remove the stamens as I tend to stain my clothes by accident.

[Gayle]

Lovely light and focus on this beautiful lily! I didn't know that the meaning of the name Suzanne is lily . . . thank you for my 365 lesson for the day. :-)

[KWind]

Fantastic focus and dof. Great POV too.

[Babs]

Excellent detail, what a great shot fav.

[haskar]

Great detail and light.

[Caterina]

It’s so beautiful Suzanne! I love SOOC! Was this done with a macro lens?

[Rob Z]

Awesome detail and clarity. I love the pollen grains. :)

[Guymundo]

Great detail and composition. I love it when I get it all right in camera - which is why I'm quite good with Lightroom!

[Dione Giorgio]

Fantastic shot, composition and detail. Fav. I would have removed the white petal (?) on the top right corner.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful details in this, Suzanne.

[carol white]

Beautiful details. Fav!! 😀

[Suzanne]

@sangwann I did wonder about the rogue petal Dione, I couldn't make up my mind if it was a distraction or if it added something!

[Suzanne]

@guymundo Haha, I know where you are coming from there :)

[Suzanne]

@caterina Thank you Caterina, just the normal basic camera, it does have a macro feature but other lenses can't be used with it

[Suzanne]

@gaylewood Thank you Gayle, the actual meaning is Graceful Lily, a word which absolutely would never be used to describe me!

[Suzanne]

@helenhall Maybe worth a try Helen, just as long the normal recipient of your unwanted lilies isn't too cross with me if it works!

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful close up capture with nice clear details.

[Sue]

Great focus and light. Looks great on black.

[Poppo Livy]

Fabulous focus and great composition

[Sheralee S]

Great focus and detail.

[Anja]

beautiful details