Day 1
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Comment by drydoc:
Like the borealis effect around the flower.

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Comment by FrostyPaws:
Balloon flower...I love these puffed out blooms. Unique elegant flower. Very pretty background colours in this image.

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Comment by inamo:
Shame you didn't have time to reshoot, it's a promising photo.

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Comment by vxpra:
This is what nightmares are made of :) The detail on the spider is amazing. Tie that in with the fabulous bokeh, and this is a fabulous image.

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Comment by DarkRider:
This was one I wish I got back to comment on so I'm glad you posted it. Take the challenge out and this is an 11/10 in my books. It's awesomely perfect. Almost perfect exposure (just a few very small highlights), DOF+, SOO SHARP+, Comp+, smoooooth clean boken+, and the spiders shadow gives it the +1.

I had a really hard time trying to put a score on it. I ended up voting 5. To me it just wasn't hot. But is an awesome shot, I wonder how it would have done in a FS!? Scott

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Comment by FocusPoint:
Like walking on flames :) Very cool :) I mean HOT :P

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Comment by tnun:
Really well done and great take on the theme.

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Comment by catholicskin:
8. That's impressive.

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Comment by crik:
The flower really looks like a group of flames at first glance.

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Comment by one2one:
Cool looking spider and great capture.