Wannabe
by colorcarnival

Comment by JuliBoc:
Michelle, this is beautiful. Definitely not sick of flowers images when they are this lovely to look at. I love the DOF and the bokeh. And it's an interesting choice to focus on the flower that is just opening rather than the fully opened ones I can see in the background. Congratulation on the new entry in your top row.

Wannabe
by colorcarnival

Comment by Techo:
Wonderful job with the lighting and composition. I totally agree the stem need not be in focus here. It just would've been distracting and lead the eye out of the shot.

Dew Septet
by colorcarnival

Comment by vtruan:
excellent...

Wannabe
by colorcarnival

Comment by SandyP:
Michelle, this is awesome. Such 3-dimensional depth. Great job.

Wannabe
by colorcarnival

Comment by sherpet:
One of my favorites in this challenge as it truely is Yellow and also a dam good photo as well..... Wonderful focus detail and DOF.....

Wannabe
by colorcarnival

Comment by jonfrommk:
I think that people may on occasion be bored with flowers and so the fact that this scored so well is testament to what a great shot it is. WOnderful composition and sharpness (you are doing better with your new macro lens than I am with mine) and you certainly could not say it did not meet the challenge

Congratulations on the outstanding score and finish and well done on getting a new shot for your front page

Wannabe
by colorcarnival

Comment by kolasi:
Wow! way to go...I think youve found your calling in MACRO photography :)

Wannabe
by colorcarnival

Comment by colorcarnival:

Originally posted by JaviZ: The DoF is too shallow, you need the stem in perfect focus too. 4

I don't need it in perfect focus if I don't want it to be. It's art. I can do what I want. Oh and the stem is GREEN. If the stem were YELLOW... well maybe I would have done something different :)

Wannabe
by colorcarnival

Comment by roz:
this is stunning michelle ..
congratulations on such a wonderful photograph and a great place in the challenge .. its really a totally beautiful image & should'v done better ..
the voters are a very weird lot .. both for you and me on this challenge .. !!:)

Wannabe
by colorcarnival

Comment by dsterner:
Well Done! Michelle, this is stunning