Well done !! This is a beautiful photo of a gorgeous flower. Its going right onto my desktop and into my favs 10 from me :)

Auline

This is just awesome! The muted light, the splash of color against the green...excellent capture and top vote!

What a most LOVELY flower! I love that you got this photo. YOu took the picture so perfectly. THe colours, the light, the totaly layout of it. Very nicely done!!

Beatiful, and well done for the capture..was the cliff very high to climb!....Bob

Protea??? hummmmm...interesting.i am tripping to a new world....but this is really a goood photo...clear and such..

Hi Deb..what a great capture this is. I have never heard of this type of flower before. I love the soft, muted color that you shot (is that the only color they bloom?)...The composition is great and I have downloaded this into my favorites folder on my hard drive...thanks for posting it and for the information about it!
Oh and thanks also for the recent visit to my gallery and the warm comments you left on ~beautiful butterfly~ & ~cardinal country~. I am fortunate to have a butterfly conservatory near me where I can go and bask in their beauty. My backyard is the Cardinal refuge it seems. I have up to 25 of them at one time. They are great backyard birds and they love the bird feeder and they let me know when it is empty :). I am glad that you enjoyed them also. Drop by anytime. The door is always open and coffee is on! Your support, comments & critiques are always welcome and deeply appreciated :))

Beautiful flower, beautiful pic...

This picture pays tribute to the Protea. Trying to buy a Protea in Germany can turn out to be extremely expensive, so thank you for sharing the photo. T

Thanks so much. I've just realized that you're from South Africa, so I dropped here... It's my favorite flower.

The pride of South Africa, and you've captured it very well. the clarity is great. Well done

Marietha

PS.. you have a lovely gallery. Excellent pictures.