Out of the Blue
by dphillips

Comment by Artan:
the anle have used is great, not sure though what is happening on right hand border.....

Five Fives (5 petals, taken at 5:00 on 5-5-05)
by dphillips

Comment by saracat:
Nice texture on the petals. The stamens are a little soft-focused. The color is really nice. Would like to see this with a differeft crop with the flower heading into the frame instead of looking out of it. Also, the shadows across the flower are distracting.

Five Fives (5 petals, taken at 5:00 on 5-5-05)
by dphillips

Comment by Zemm:
Title suits the challenge. Nice flower

Five Fives (5 petals, taken at 5:00 on 5-5-05)
by dphillips

Comment by dahkota:
Interesting colors you got from your lighting! DOF works well to remove distracting elements of background. Composed well.

Out of the Blue
by dphillips

Comment by Led_Z:
Nice crisp photo. But did you know there is a white line up the right hand side im not sure if its some type of framing or wat but you might want to look into this for next week, nothing to do with the shot just thought you might like to know

Out of the Blue
by dphillips

Comment by briantammy:
I almost took a shot of one of these, but I decided it didn't have enough to offer.

Five Fives (5 petals, taken at 5:00 on 5-5-05)
by dphillips

Comment by superdave_909:
Sharp seems fine, color is good, but the shadows are distracting
especially the one on bottom.

"Blue Basset"
by dphillips

Comment by AChelton:
Cute dog, but not quite sharp enough.

Five Fives (5 petals, taken at 5:00 on 5-5-05)
by dphillips

Comment by Xilebo:
Too bad about the shadows on the lower petals, focus could be better also..pretty flower

Five Fives (5 petals, taken at 5:00 on 5-5-05)
by dphillips

Comment by srdanz:
...and you're going to get a 5 for this:)

that stem (?) in the lower left is unnecessary grabbing attention, and something cast shadow on the lower part of the flower as well as on the left petal. The flower itself is on the softer side focus-wise and that's ok. However, I think that you should have either used a wider aperture, or blurred the background in post-processing some more.