This is marvellous.Nice flower and colors and framing.Great,Robert.

Great work, Robert !

Robert this is gorgeous!
JuneBug

Lovely colours and dof, and lighting too, its good the way the foreground is lit, the middle is in shadow, and the background is black. :D

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I like this a lot, Robert. Nice work.

This one is going places. (like my flower slideshow) ;) A beautiful show of color and light. A very pretty flower. A tasteful frame. Well done!!

This one just takes my breath away Robert, it is so beautiful. I don't usually like borders, but these so belong there it's not even funny. Sky high marks, and desktop. Thanks for this one. Dwight.

Wonderful!!!! Lovely Flower!!!! Great Photo!!!!!! Complimentary Framing!!!! Everything comes together just right..

WOW! Incredible flower and dito shot! 10/10

This is a gorgeous bloom and you've captured it so well! I am a big fan of borders, but I feel the color in these is a bit too bold and takes away from the beauty of the flower a bit. I would love to see it with a more muted border. But, nevertheless, this is a beauty. The sunlight gives it a wonderful glow. Very well done!

Thank you all for those wonderful comments and critique.

Exquisite!

Thank you Kilie.

Robert,
I stand in awe of your wonderful flower and fungi photographs. They are superb!!
fotobob

Technically another immaculate image. In particular the lighting, composition, background elements. The glowing semi-transparentency in the centre tends to attact and hold the viewers eye. The subject matter is also interesting as it is unusual. Bob

Thank you both Bob's.

Your wife grows pot? Just kidding. I love this shot. I also love the way you chose a seemingly arbitrary cropping ratio that's not the ordinary 1.3 one that comes from the camera. Good eye for using color. My color frames always seem to overpower the image. I like the way you arranged yours

Thank you Regmar.

All I can add is thank you for brightening this community even further.

Another example of Mother Nature at her best and a photographer that definitely knows how to both capture and present it in such a fashion as to make it a very memorable image. Gets a 10 by me and thanks for my new desktop.

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move. This is the artist’s way of scribbling “Kilroy was here” on the wall of the final and irrevocable oblivion through which he must someday pass.
William Faulkner

Most unusual bloom and beautiful shot, Robert.

Thank you each and all.

That is such a beautiful shot I don't have any words to describe it. Wait I do know a word:
Ten

Thank you Keith.

Superb shot, Robert. The composition, lighting on the flower and slightly darker background make this just stunning...to say nothing of the unusual shape and color of the flower itself. Wonderful result here! Frames can be a problem sometimes, but I think this one adds a real touch of class.

Thank you Mike.

g'day Rob,

agree with Mike, been behind on posts on here...catching up, have a good one...

ooo looks like it's holding the sunlight. very pretty.

Thanks guys.

Very nice image. The border bothers me a little bit, but a good capture nontheless.

Thank you.

Excellent, glad you caught this one

Thank you Bubba.

Absolutely gorgeous! And, I like the border.

Thank you Cynthia.

Great Job !! I usually stay away from borders unless they are very small, but this really fits :) I would like to put this on my wall !!

So do I Terry. Thank you.