Monday, May 11, 2009 | by nathan

Hex Color

The lilies that grow under our crepe myrtles are this beautiful, beautiful shade of red, and they bloomed this week. Lilies of all kinds are my favorite flowers, and I love photographing them, as they have so much going on visually – the brightly colored stamens and the pistils that look like coffee beans, the neat little dots and markings on the petals, their beautiful shape. I got a lot of great shots and was able to do cool stuff with them in photoshop – including a site banner for next month that kicks ass – but my favorite photo that I got was this one above, which I didn’t touch at all in post because I wanted to share the color of these flowers with you. But here’s one more, which I did work with in post and which I am really thinking might get hung up in my dining room: