Comment from Jairos
Great capture of the light, beautiful angle of the shot, great clarity and excellent exposure, good sharp focus and beautiful colors, good technqiujes welldone , - Jairos

 Comment Written 12-Oct-2012

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reply by the author on 15-Oct-2012

Thanks so much Jairos, sorry for delay in responding we went away for a few days.

Comment from wildfangsdigitalart
Nice capture good initial impact good presentation and great clarity nice detail, beautiful colors sharp focus
camera techniques are well done wonderful job thanks for sharing ,
Kevin.

 Comment Written 12-Oct-2012

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reply by the author on 15-Oct-2012

Thanks so much Kevin, sorry for delay in responding we went away for a few days.

Comment from Jorge Gaete
Interesting POV.
Beautiful color and light.
I love the symmetry of it.
It almost feel magical.
Good work.
Jorge.

 Comment Written 11-Oct-2012

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reply by the author on 15-Oct-2012

Thanks so much Jorge, sorry for delay in responding we went away for a few days.

reply by Jorge Gaete on 15-Oct-2012

You are very welcome. No problem.
Jorge.

Comment from WendyG
Beautiful composition of these Christmas Bells Mary. A very unique flower with wonderful contrasting colors. Excellent sharp focus, exposure, dof and framing!;)

 Comment Written 11-Oct-2012

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reply by the author on 15-Oct-2012

Thanks so much Wendy, sorry for delay in responding we went away for a few days.

Comment from canon shooter
You have so many great beautiful flowers in Australia and this is no exception. The light is a little different but still grasp my eyes. This looks like it maybe a good one to vignette.

 Comment Written 11-Oct-2012

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reply by the author on 11-Oct-2012

Thanks so much, I see similarities to parts of USA in the landscape but our unique animals and flowers set Australia apart. Well worth a visit to see them first hand :) Mary

Comment from Cassandra01
I really like the lighting play here too. The colors are beautiful and the lines of this flower really photograph well. I think though that if you cropped about 1/3 off the top and about 1/4 off the right to place your largest bloom at the right hand third mark, the composition and initial impact of this shot would be strengthened. Overall good job.

 Comment Written 11-Oct-2012

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reply by the author on 11-Oct-2012

Thanks for your suggestions, I have recropped and reloaded and think that it has improved the impact as you suggested.

reply by Cassandra01 on 11-Oct-2012

Looks awesome...will amend my rating!

reply by the author on 11-Oct-2012

Thanks :) Mary

Comment from bill_collett
Great shot, the sunlight really shows up the bottom flowers which have a crystal clear focus. The dark background really throw the red flower into view. Cropping is good as is the depth of field and composition. I live in Western Australia and have never seen one of these over here. Will have to check out the Botanical Gardens here. Well done great job.

 Comment Written 11-Oct-2012

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reply by the author on 11-Oct-2012

Thanks Bill, good to see another Aussie on site there are getting quite a few of us now :)

Comment from GaliaG
excellent details, creativitiy, technqiue and initial impact

a pleasure to review

thansk for sharing

 Comment Written 11-Oct-2012

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reply by the author on 11-Oct-2012

Thanks so much, your review is appreciated :)

Comment from onyanita
this is so pretty. Now i know what its called. Nicely framed. The flowers have beautiful shape and colors. Focus is sharp and dof blots out the background and gives the flower stem the centre of attention. Lovely shot. Are you freezing. Just saw the news and there is snow in your state. Crazy!

 Comment Written 11-Oct-2012

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reply by the author on 11-Oct-2012

Thanks Sonja, so crazy I have the heater on it was snowing on Mt Lofty and only does that every couple of years in winter. We are heading to Grampians tomorrow hopefully weather will improve. Only there for 4 days so will be off line. :) Cheers

reply by onyanita on 11-Oct-2012

its been so hot here but raining today just when i wanted to go to Brisbane to do flower contest pic LOL. I always leave things till the last minute. Am babysitting the grandkids at the weekend and they're small and time consuming so it won't get done then. Have lots of fun and i hope the weather improves for you.

Comment from seshadri_sreenivasan
This is a beautiful shot of the flowers. You have framed it well. Light and sharpness are very effective in creating a lovely capture. Good effort!

 Comment Written 11-Oct-2012

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reply by the author on 11-Oct-2012

Thankyou so much for taking the time to review my photograph. :)