Poinsettia [outtake 2]
by bvy

Comment by sherpet:
Awesome macro re the wonderful color lines detail and textures.....

Poinsettia [outtake 2]
by bvy

Comment by ryand:
Wow the textures here are amazing, great lighting, very crisp detail and color, incredible job here.

Bright Future
by bvy

Comment by JamesA:
cool idea

American Darling
by bvy

Comment by kteach:
Great angle and I like the centered composition... I think if I were processing this, I might try just a tiny levels adjustment (or contrast boost), a bit of sharpening (but probably just for the hydrant, not the sidewalk), and maybe even to 'colorize' it to give it just a hint of a sepia tone.

Poinsettia [outtake 1]
by bvy

Comment by kteach:
The shot you entered was definitely stronger in many ways than this one... better focus, nice glow in the color etc. But, the one thing that I think this shot has going for it is the way the light hits the leaf, causing the shadows to show the texture.

Poinsettia
by bvy

Comment by kteach:
Great closeup shot with a nice capture of the textures of the leaf. As another commenter noted, the focus falling off at the edges doesn't seem to help the shot for me. I think if I had any other suggestions, it would be to have tilted the leaf just a bit more clockwise, so that the main vein was more diagonal, but being careful not to make the most focused area going completely horizontal. Anyway, nice shot and congrats on your new PB!

American Darling
by bvy

Comment by pineapple:
It is indeed an American icon. I like the angle on the subject.

Poinsettia
by bvy

Comment by Rgarcia:
Congratulations on your new PB!! Great shot.

Poinsettia
by bvy

Comment by Sammie:
Very nice compostion.

Poinsettia
by bvy

Comment by andrewt:
great shot , nice colors , wonderful subject for the challenge. Really like the way you cropped the image - 9