Rising Glory
by MaryO

Comment:
Embrace the grain, be the grain...

It's a black hole sucking all those rich blues into it, and a bolt of energy escaping to mark the event. This is great.

Crazy Hair Flower
by fantomfoto

Comment:
Wow. It's like I'm underwater surrounded by anemone. Very cool!

5262 Tulip Hybrid
by pixelpig

Comment:
Don't see that tone mapping it made a noticeable difference over the original, and to me that's a great thing (not a big tone mapping fan). The contrast between the whites and those deep, rich blues is very nice.

Lens Flare
by BAMartin

Comment:
Very different. The backlighting almost turns this into an abstract.

dog-day Cicada
by drydoc

Comment:
So sick of these damn bugs. Get a headache sitting on my deck from their noise. Die bugs, die!

Through the fence
by Budya

Comment:
Very cool, the flowers look great but the fence behind relaly sets this off.

BLUSHING - Day 4
by sherpet

Comment:
Love those pastels.

Bellancanda
by carofo

Comment:
Very unique looking flower. Good composition too.

Bull's-eye
by drydoc

Comment:
As a rule of thumb, barring some creative decision, you don't want to overexpose areas that contain details (think white flower petal (no) versus reflections on a chrome bumper (yes)).

Flower petals look in focus to me, though I see you added a pretty heavy dose of sharpening in post. Slow shutter speed for the focal length of that lens if you were working at the 250mm end of it. Just thinking out loud regarding your focus concerns.

Yellow Flower
by cogerox

Comment:
The dof and the lighting impart a very ethereal feel to this which is quite pleasing.