Suitable for Gift Wrap
by MaryO

Comment by turnofthesue:
You're right, it does look like gift wrap. I like the little mini-nova looking thing in the middle on the right - what is it?

Shine
by MaryO

Comment by suemack:
I had to come back and check see if anyone had guessed LOL I would never have got it right!

Festive Ribbon
by MaryO

Comment by Lonni:
I love the clarity of this image. Your exposure is perfect. The star-shaped shadow cast against the blue is wonderful. Bumping to 7.

Suitable for Gift Wrap
by MaryO

Comment by Jutilda:
Getting on that digital wagon eh? I love the repetition of it. I love berries. :~)

Festive Ribbon
by MaryO

Comment by photokariangel:
there is one little star in the upper left of the ribbon thats blown out a little bit, and thats the only thing distracting me. other then that, i like the choice of background and color.

Festive Ribbon
by MaryO

Comment by hotpasta:
beautiful lighting and colours...I love the star shadow 8

Suitable for Gift Wrap
by MaryO

Comment by Charlene:
I love it! The rich greens and lines all over but very systemically is wonderful, and of course the contrasting red berries are just icing!

Suitable for Gift Wrap
by MaryO

Comment by KarenNfld:
Cute! I've played with that filter before, you get some nice patterns from it.

Itsy Bitsy Spider
by MaryO

Comment by roz:
great shot of the spider .. they're very photogenic little beasties .. !!:)
and re the budgie and how they sound ..
i've had maybe four budgies since i was quite young, i'm quite old now !! .. so that's over many years .. !!!
anyhoooooo .. they learn to talk by mimicking you and you have to repeat a phrase or word over and over and eventually they will copy it .. once they start talking they'll copy other things you say .. its best to say wotever it is you want them to learn a lot slower than you normally would because when they repeat it they will speed it up .. pretty funny ... they talk higher as well .. but its very difficult to explain in words how they do sound ..
i just googled budgerigar talking and got this .. this budgie isnt as clear as our birds were but it gives you an idea .. the ping pong ball bouncing is amazing .. budgie talking
our last budgie who lived till he was 8 years old used to repeat my laugh .. its manic at the best of times and hearing it repeated back from a little budgie was hillarious .. he had a very large vocabulary and used to give us hours and hours of enjoyment and gut wrenching laughter .. i would recommend a budgie as a pet to anyone as long as they allowed it time out'v the cage to fly around and be part of the family coz they are very social birds and become quite attached to you .. :)

A Kiss for Santa
by MaryO

Comment by roz:
lol .. cute as .. !! .. gorgeous bunny and great pose .. :)