woo colour ^_^

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Thanks for the comment!

Great composition! The colors are bold and clear, just like summer should be!

Oh its nice.. lovely lighting and collours

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"Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us... passion rules us all, and we obey. What other choice do we have?"

Those are so beautiful!

Wow...The lighting in this one is extrodinary. I am amazed of how it looks. The contrast of the darker shadows and then the lighter areas just astounds me... Exellent work!



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Wow - you're getting some good use out of that macro lens! And Look at that colour! Holy smokes. What a difference that full view makes!

I love those shadows within the flowers - the contrast is great, and our brains are programmed to like high contrast, but I think that the sequence of yellow-orange shading is the feature that makes the photo so interesting. Imagine if the flowers were just a single tone of yellow or a single orange. Instead, they have shades and shadows and a life of their own. Yellow at the top, then shaded yellow, burnt orange, a spash of green and then an echo of orange again at the stalk - it just draws your eye from up to down and back up. And it looks like you wet the soil before taking the photo? Nice touch.

You said critiques would be appreciated? Ok then, the only suggestion I would make is thinking about your background - that white blur in the background is unfocussed so it is not very noticeable (good I think) (you used a slow film speed and low f-stop?), but perhaps you would have even more impact if you could find a way to have covered it up and left the entire background dark. My thought anyway. But as it is, the foreground is so stunning and the surroundings are so dark overall that the white blur works out ok.

Honestly I think you should just start posting your photos directly to my Favourites section!

Thanks for giving us another a beautiful photo!

Waauuww!!

Nee echt heeel mooi lief!!
Alles goed btw?

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just for kicks i tried blacking out the entire background.
it really brings out that gorgeous yellow. i'd post it but i don't want to infringe kelly (nice shot btw)!