hope
by danilof

Comment:
Interesting flower and I like the contrast between the softness of the flower and the prockly spines. I might crop a good deal more off the left so the flower is pointed more at the upper left corner.

Pistols
by samnotis

Comment:
Pretty; interesting shapes and DOF and I like how that bit of orange in the background echoes the orange in the flower.

For Thumbelina, this is prime real estate.
by mfiman

Comment:
Nice stop-action on the water. Flowers look a bit overexposed on my monitor.

Flower
by sanjoyc

Comment:
Detail and color are good; composition is OK. Yellow flower bits (pistils or stamens or something ... I never remember flower parts) look a little oversharpened, but look like they would be an interesting thing to do a macro of.

White Dahlia
by menele

Comment:
Nice job with focus and DOF to clearly differentiate white on white so the curves and lines of the flower are apparent.

Antique Flowers
by fig

Comment:
Nice, subtle colors. The difference between the background and lighter parts of the flowers is sometimes difficult to see (on my monitor); a light aimed at the background or more distance between flowers and background might work better.

Unicorn forest
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment:
Oh, it is :-) Though I'm seeing another beastie just to the left of center with horns and a blackish face ... much to imagine here.

Jog in the Fog
by bassbone

Comment:
Interesting composition, though I hope the light isn't coming from a really big truck with its high beams on!

Through the Rain
by librodo

Comment:
Lovely colors and lighting.

n e w b o r n
by hotpasta

Comment:
Perfect subject for this challenge. The DOF is throwing me a little, though. The eye and a bit of the corners of the mouth are in focus, while the beak is not, making it all look quite distorted instead of cute to me. More DOF when shooting to have everything from the tip of the beak to the eyes in focus and a filter over the lens or applied afterwards to soften it up would work better IMO.