Softly Flowing
by wsteyn

Comment by huitzilopotchtli:
very nice!

Softly Flowing
by wsteyn

Comment by bergiekat:
nice coloring.

Softly Flowing
by wsteyn

Comment by Ken:
Great lighting on the flower. Leading lines work for me.

Softly Flowing
by wsteyn

Comment by piaffe529:
I like how the flower is illuminated.

Softly Flowing
by wsteyn

Comment by pineapple:
Nice subject and lighting.

Little One
by wsteyn

Comment by CNovack:
Here I was just going to respond to a backlog of e-mail when I saw this on your profile page and just had to comment. What a truly fabulous find and fortutious capture! Love how you can see all the wonderful details of the tiny mantis. Because of the composition one can also get an appreciation of size. The color of the rose (white being symbolically linked with being etheral, innocence, purity, and delicate), the soft folds of the flower and the small insect carefully balanced upon the petal are ALL elements that speak of a delicate nature. Well done composition and capture.

Cape White-Eye
by wsteyn

Comment by UNTITLED:
The oof background looks great for making this little guy pop. Also some very nice color combination in the composition. Well done!

Cape White-Eye
by wsteyn

Comment by PHOTOKID:
Nice shot, looks like a greeting card. The red adds just the right amount of contrast

Cape White-Eye
by wsteyn

Comment by hanneke:
the details are great, it almost looks like you set this up ;) colors are beautiful and the reds and greens really fit together, the background bokeh is stunning!

Cape White-Eye
by wsteyn

Comment by CNovack:
I like the square crop because it keeps a tight focus on your main subject - the bird perched on the flower. The blurred background provides the perfect backdrop for the bird to visually pop off the page. Love the colors. I know the relative size of those flowers so this is a really small bird to be perched like that - because of that I can appreciate and get a sense of scale. My only critique is that I wish the composition had captured the bird head more in profile so that we can see his eye and beak more. Picky, picky, I know - that is sometimes very hard to accomplish but if one can get the shot it does improve the appeal of the composition.