A Bee Collecting
by Tom

Comment:
How in the world did you get that guy to sit still for you? Can't wait to see the some of the details on how you did it.

Gerbera Hyacinths Iris
by banmorn

Comment:
Some day I am going to have to learn how to take shots like this. Great color, held focus for all the flowers and stems. The black background really sets off the well saturated colors.

Real Stainless Timepiece
by maynerd12

Comment:
Beautiful shot. Lighting on such things is very difficult. You nailed it. I don't think I have ever seen stainless that color.

Behind Closed Door
by Brin

Comment:
Or Barely Closed Door. :-)

Great shot. Did you have a hard time deciding between this challenge and the bicycle challenge for this image.

Nice color balance and exposure. I like the streaks in the sky. All in all, very good shot.

Tori Beth
by sabphoto

Comment:
Very pretty young lady. Hard to go wrong with a model of this sort. Strong, non descriptive background.

There is a lot of that non-descriptive background. I would like to see a version cropped to a vertical portrait. I think the shot has a bit of a color cast.

Black Hat, Blue Eyes
by Pixlmaker

Comment:
Well, you asked.

I really like this shot. The model is lovely and I quite like the pose and lighting. The hat is a wonderful addition. Feel free to post all you like.

Sublime Tulip Unfolding
by Ken

Comment:
What can one say? Beautiful, yes, even sublime. I might have opted for a bit shallower depth of field, but that might have ruined the shot.

Tummy Shot
by LadyK

Comment:
Nice tummy, I didn't really notice the finger nails. :-)

I have been past this photo many times in the past and always stopped to view it. I like it very much. It is sensual, without being blatant. Your dirty fingernails, which, BTW, I have noticed in the past, make me think this is an image of a young lady, taking a brief break from working in the garden on a warm summer's day.

I pretty sure I would not put it in the nude category, and probably not the portrait category, because I have a parochial definition of portrait that includes a face. Too bad there isn't a category for Zen photo.

Nice exposure and focus control. You defocused the background just enough to prevent it from grabbing ones view, but it is sufficient shart to let the observer know this is a pastoral scene.

It is very pleasant. Nice job. I like it very much.

Bovines Country Domain
by Ivory

Comment:
This ole bovine make me laugh... what a look on the face. Great! Nice exposure, but I think I might have tried to shrink the dept of field a bit more. As you have already cut off the tips of the horns, perhaps a further crop, eliminating more of the white sky, and a bit of the extra bovine in the backgound, would spruce up the shot.

Very nice.

Rain Soaked Tree
by MaryO

Comment:
Perfect title for this shot and for the challenge. Nice focus on the flowers and the background is nicely out of focus. I think I might have cropped out some of the background and made it a vertical image, although you would have to have some of the background to support the "tree" in the title.

Great shot.