pretty

God paints the nature so well... wonderful!

Lilacs sure look a lot different wherever you are (This looks like Dogwood blossoms)

Looks like cherry blossom to me.

cherry blossom or apple tree blossom. definitely not a lilac that i've ever seen.

looks like apple blossom............nice capture.

Maybe it's apple... cherry blossom is different... Very beautiful!

i think i would have cropped this differently. its a lovely shot.. i had a rose that same color in my yard two summers ago. its been replaced by one similar with pink edging to it.

This is the full size shot, I wanted to crop it also, but whatever I tried when I looked at it, it just seemed wrong. Any suggestions?

i keep coming back and looking, so that says something. :P if this is the full size shot..well... hmm. kinda ruins the cropping suggestion. because there isn't much room for a different crop. :P did you do any post editing to this? perhaps lower the brightness and up some of the black levels to bring more attention to the center focus (of course, the flower)...might help to tone down some of the background. *shrug* i dunno. :P

I wouldn't crop out the buds forming..that helps make this shot. the shocks of green next to that bright orange-ish color are something!

Very nice. Might bump up the brightness just a touch

Good colours, and excellent focus.. really nice image

ah! thanks muchly! good idea kyricom. I will play with it some tomorrow.

Beautiful ! Nice colors !