Rob, You never cease to amaze me with your range of photographic skills. When I saw the title "Flower", I was actually quite surprised to arrive on the scene and find a flower. I wasn't sure if I might find something from your Darth Vader days, a florescent abstract or a behemoth monstrosity from the industrial waterfront.
Great job of catching some excellent detail in the flower including that little ant in the lower left. Nice colors and wonderful depth of field. My only problem with the posting is the very bright background in the upper right and the background flowers that border it. The beauty of your postings is that the manipulations don't look manipulated. Your work is seamless to my eye, but something looks funky back there. Other than that minor irritant, it's a beautiful posting.
A nice closeup of this beautiful bloom, Rob. Lovely delicate petals and lovely bold colours. I think perhaps cropping out the background might have been a better composition. Good work.
Some people have Gurus, I have my camera. Through the cam lenses I have learnt to deeply perceive life, not only to see, but to look at all expressions of nature, becoming able to read the poetry of the flowers, receiving the embrace of the trees and flying above the clouds without wings! - Susie Sun