Ha! I knew it! I'm happy not to have placed any shots in this contest although I have a beautiful garden... there's no possible competition...

lovely effect

Thanks friiskiwi...

Beautiful!

Thank you.

great shot

This is a cool shot. Have you tried cropping from the bottom up into the white, and some from the right to de-center. It would imply movement moving from bottom right to upper left. *shrug* might be neat

Thanks friiskiwi....

@kyricom....I like your idea, but when doing so, IMO it loses something. If I had more space at the top left, I might like it better. It's not bad, though. Thanks for the idea. Part of why I liked this photo so much is because of its symmetry and how the dark background reads through it. Again, thanks for the suggestion, appreciate it.

Fantastic

I absolutely love your framing and color tone but it's a bit noisey which can be easily corrected but LOVE this shot TOTALLY!

Had a feeling this was you. The color palet is your trade-mark in a since and I LOVE IT! You have such an eye for framing and the know-how to get an awesome shot!

thanks MnMCarta!! I'm so glad I have a signature style that can be noticed!!
I do think it's a little noisey myself and I would fix it, but my laptop went into the shop last night and had to be shipped to service to get all bandaged up after my lovely dog got a hold of it. All I have now is my work computer that is slow as crap and I don't have any photo imaging on it! I will fix it as soon as I have MY computer back though! Thanks for the feed back!!!

Lovely shot..i prefer to see flowers in colour as nature is wonderful in that way.

I understand what you mean ibmaxed but may be you meant to say you like them in more "VIBRANT" colors, because this picture IS in color. It's just soft tones and slight sepia added. : )