Comment from cleo85
A great capture. A wet beauty but nevertheless a beauty. I admire the natural look throughout the photo. The details of flower and water drops ad the colors are as excellently captured. The DOF and the framing are perfect.
[Are you sure that is Hypericum calycinum? I always thought the yellow blooming St. Johns Wood is owner of this Latin name. Am I wrong?]

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2011

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reply by the author on 12-Sep-2011

Hi Cleo, this is a wonderfully encouraging review. I will really try to find that out--about the flower (latin name) may have gotten my notes misunderstood:) It is just a species of Rose of Sharon.

reply by cleo85 on 12-Sep-2011

Thank you for your kind reply.
Yes I know, there are so many flowers called commonly Rode of Sharon, Even the Lily of the Valley [Convallaria majalis]. It would be nice if you could let me know what you find out.

reply by the author on 12-Sep-2011

I will try my best; maybe tomorrow.

reply by the author on 13-Sep-2011

Hey, well this is my further research; and this is what I came up with. Thank you- my notes were misunderstood to me.

reply by cleo85 on 13-Sep-2011

Thank you very much for the info ~Cleo :-)

Comment from willie
Nice shot!
I really like this one! The colors are nice and I really like the water drops! When I was a kid I would catch bees in these blooms! Never got stung!

 Comment Written 08-Sep-2011

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reply by the author on 08-Sep-2011

Thank you, Willie for this delightful review. And the story is such a thoughtful one. I got stung by a bumblebee and sweat bees and wasps, but they just got me for nothing, ha! Well, I did try to touch the bumblebee--it was so brightly colored. I learned that lesson.

reply by willie on 08-Sep-2011

I've been stung more times than I can think! I just got by from this!

reply by the author on 09-Sep-2011

:) Have a happy day!!!

Comment from Arief Harlan
Depth of field is good. Nice soft background. Subject focus is good. Detail is good. Saturation is good. I like how there is water on the flower.

 Comment Written 08-Sep-2011

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reply by the author on 08-Sep-2011

Thanks for being very detailed on this review. It really helps me; haven't posted but a few here. I hope to do many more, and this encourages me:)

Comment from amfunny
Very nicely done.. I like the little water drops you have on this. Nice color in the flower also. Well composed and focused.

 Comment Written 08-Sep-2011

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reply by the author on 08-Sep-2011

Hey amfunny, this is such encouragement. Thank you:)

Comment from Anne
I like the way you took this one. The close up and the way you see all the water drops is great. Lighting, focus and overall impression are all excellent. Nice write up too.

 Comment Written 08-Sep-2011

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reply by the author on 08-Sep-2011

Oh thank you, so much. Anne, this is really encouraging to me:)

Comment from peter
This is great, I like the raindrops of the rose. The story is original and the colors are nice. The presentation is well chosen.

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 Comment Written 08-Sep-2011

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reply by the author on 08-Sep-2011

Thank you, Peter, very much for this review. It makes the stand in the rain, worth it:)