Absolutely gorgeous! What a lovely capture, and the lighting is perfect.

Wonderful presentation! Really dramatic, lovely shot.

Neat movement mister!! A little too much 'open' space in the upper left quad perhaps as it seems that's where my eye wonders for some odd reason...lookin' for more red I guess.

I notice movement also.It has flow to it.Nice photo.

One of the traits of this flower is it drops pollen on it's petals and it always shows up. I like this capture however I do agree with Randy that there is too much dead space in the L/H corner and I find the spots somewhat distracting. The colour is fantastic and I rather like the movement as well.

Actually, I had left that corner open for computer icons. But I do agree - if I were to print this, I would crop some of the left edge off. Thanks for the compliments and comments, everyone!

Reminds me of a flame - I love the vibrancy of it - so much I have chaged the habit of a (computer) lifetime and moived my icons over to the left :)

THIS is absolutely fiery hott....sooooooo beautiful! This red is totally filled with passion and electricity! One day I shall just have to do a canvas painting of this , if it's ok with you. I would love to have seen this with a total black background.
Such perfect red, and you captured it perfectly too. Red is a hard colour to get a good photo of, but you did it...Verena