Natures Beautiful Color
by Diana

Comment by kellie:
nice work

Natures Beautiful Color
by Diana

Comment by sher:
stunning color, great DOF. cropping is a little too close on top and i'm not really sure i would have gone with the purple frame...seems to detract from the subject. i thin black frame would have worked better, i think. beautiful photo, though! well done!

Natures Beautiful Color
by Diana

Comment by Chuckie:
good job, nice photo.

Natures Beautiful Color
by Diana

Comment by Dustin:
nice photo. god job.

Natures Beautiful Color
by Diana

Comment by wewillexplore:
The center focus is superb, but the nearest petal being out of focus detracts from the center of the image. I would have preferred if you moved around just a weeeee little bit left and shot it a touch more straight on to make it clearer.

Natures Beautiful Color
by Diana

Comment by pinback:
Pretty. The DOF works well. Crop is slightly tight at the top, though.

Natures Beautiful Color
by Diana

Comment by dadas115:
First, I think that this photo meets the color challenge very well. You have made good use of depth of field here and the exposure looks dead on. I like the angle at which you photographed the flower and that you picked a good specimen. The only real qualm I have with this photograph is the cropping. I think it might be more effective if the bottom of the flower was much closer to the lower right hand corner of the frame. The tight cropping at the top and the left-hand side of the picture are uncomfortable for me and I donĂ¢€™t think the OOF areas to the right and bottom add much to the photograph. Because the DOF is so narrow here (and I think it should be for this picture) the stalk for the flower is barely discernable and the flower almost appears to be floating in mid air. You could stop down the lens some to bring it closer to being in focus but I am afraid this might bring out distractions in the background also. Different cropping can hide the stalk and make the composition more comfortable while keeping the DOF the way it is. I gave this one a 6. Good job.

Greg

Natures Beautiful Color
by Diana

Comment by Silver Fox:
Such beauty for this time of year, I wish I had it in my backyard here in Canada. DOF is fine, lighting is great, the colour is exceptional with fine focus and really good sharpness.

Natures Beautiful Color
by Diana

Comment by webster:
Nice lighting, good angle.

Natures Beautiful Color
by Diana

Comment by sherryk471:
What a nice job here.The color is great and your capture is perfect right down to the tiny hairs on the end of the pedals. Nice work