OMGosh !!! This is truly gorgeous. I can't believe no one's commented on it, although I see it went over big in the voting booth. It's on my hard drive and I'll be enjoying it for a long time to come, Linda.

:)PJ

these are so beautiful. i love the color. nice contrast with green.

very pretty flowers and captured perfectly! well done! Patti

Well, just to warn you that this isn't my style of picture, so if what I say is useless, I will be the least surprised of anyone.

The colour of these is very nice. And I quite like the sea of green leaves in this case. I think you were right not to blur them out, as it were. I don't know how easy this would be, but I'm tempted to think it would be nice to concentrate on one of the blooms and focus in. The back one looks a bit blurry to me (though this might be my eyes and/or monitor) and the front one looks a bit messy. (Maybe that's just how it is, though.) I guess I'd suggest focussing in on the back one.

I don't do photography, though, so I struggle with these comment requests. Which is to say, take this with the appropriate grain of proverbial salt (if watching sodium intake) or real salt (if not). I do like that these flowers look _real_, though and that they are in a real setting. I think it makes the picture more interesting than some other ways of presenting flowers I've seen which are nice in their way but can be a bit insipid or almost _too_ perfect. Not sure if that made sense. Likely not. It is very late (early) here!

Good luck.

- cfr

Excellent composition,wonderful colours!! ...my compliments! :))

What a great picture, you outdid yourself on this one. I just love the deep orange of the flower...Great Job!