Not sure what it is - but it is a really cool looking pic! Nice job

is it a kind of flower or a leaf?

love it

Superb! It looks like a metal texture.. very odd. Really great shot.

Well done!

Edit: Author we need to catch up!

cool!

looking into a lampshade?

No lampshade... No leaf... No flower... No metal... it is manmade...

And Ponti yes! I tried to catch you on chat but you went offline...

a close look inside a flower

excellent entry author ..GL

so what is it?

and yea congrats..

OK... It's a material, tent like thing, protecting a very old and precious panarama painting from the domed cieling...

http://www.panoramaonview.org/news_news.html

Scroll down...

Congrats for your second place!

what an amazing colour

my mother always said to watch the ones that r bightly colored, great shot

it does look like candy! yum

I've never seen one this color

It's a shame the focus could not have been better.

True jawshoewhah but it was in no mood to sit still and pose for me...