Comment from Mara del Mar
Beautiful pink color over excellent background. Love the reflections and the texture, great creativity, and excellent frame. Well done.
Mara

 Comment Written 15-Jul-2014

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reply by the author on 17-Jul-2014

Thank you so very much for the lovely review

Comment from dreamndee
I like the color and the choice of the soft background. Good color and nice softness to it. Very nicely done!

 Comment Written 15-Jul-2014

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reply by the author on 17-Jul-2014

Thank you so very much for the lovely review

reply by dreamndee on 17-Jul-2014

You are welcome!

Comment from Trin
What a lovely capture of this dahlia Anne, the flower is in exceptional crisp sharp focus, and the texture on every petal is beautifully captured, feels almost like I could touch it.
Great background blur and subject isolation, the colour saturation is awesome and so too contrast levels.
Great work as always, thank you so much for sharing.

 Comment Written 15-Jul-2014

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reply by the author on 17-Jul-2014

Thank you so very much for the lovely review

Comment from farmgramma
A very beautiful specimen. The colour and lighting are superb. Great presentation. Awesome composition and framing. Great POV. Superb focus and DOF. Awesome image. Good job.

 Comment Written 15-Jul-2014

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reply by the author on 17-Jul-2014

Thank you so very much for the lovely review

Comment from Reganato
cute title to the photo...what a lovely capture of such a delicate bloom...the hue of the petals is exquisite...nice background color to enhance the subject matter...very sharp and crisp image...terrific composition...well done and thanks for sharing

 Comment Written 15-Jul-2014

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reply by the author on 17-Jul-2014

Thank you so very much for the lovely review

Comment from Danrae
As always, this is a beautiful flower with perfect focus and love the filter effects that you have mastered. I think I might have cropped the flower to the left to adhere to the thirds rule. Marvelous photo!

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 Comment Written 15-Jul-2014

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reply by the author on 17-Jul-2014

Thank you so very much for the lovely review. How would more cropping on the left adhere to the rule of thirds ? It would be too close to the frame without any more on the right.

reply by Danrae on 18-Jul-2014

Just my own preference. You would not need to keep the entire flower in the frame. The flower pistol is not located at the third from the top or the side. That's what everyone would say to me.

Comment from BlueMan
Well done in composition, color and framing. The blurred background adds that extra dimension directing the viewer to the lovely flower. The editing that was done was appropriate to illustrate the beauty of your subject, and perhaps all of nature.

 Comment Written 15-Jul-2014

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reply by the author on 17-Jul-2014

Thank you so very much for the lovely review

reply by BlueMan on 17-Jul-2014

My pleasure.

Comment from jrconrad
Nice original presentation of what could be a banal picture. The super detail, color and composition are great. I especially like what I consider your touch, the background. Very nice indeed.

 Comment Written 15-Jul-2014

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reply by the author on 17-Jul-2014

Thank you so very much for the lovely review

Comment from MKFlood
the way u did this one has a 3d feel to it..makes me wanna reach out and grab it..wink. the clarity is great. the angle of the shot of the flower is great. the capture of the light is great. nice choice on the background. overall great job(clapping)

 Comment Written 15-Jul-2014

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reply by the author on 17-Jul-2014

Thank you so very much for the lovely review

Comment from GaliaG
excellent focus, details, color, contrast and lighting

good composition and presentation

good separation of the flower from the background

thanks for sharing

 Comment Written 15-Jul-2014

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reply by the author on 17-Jul-2014

Thank you so very much for the lovely review