a popular little flower, and well caught.

excellent catch. nice color and light. dof is good too.

nice crisp shot.......light maybe a little harsh imo, but still well caught.

ok, sorry, but even in hi res it looked like more than one.........

yes, much better....well done.

excellent take on the theme..............lovely work...good luck.

so, my guess was right, it is how I would have done it .......lol.....very well done.....good luck.

excellent close up shot, well done.

my grandmother used to do this!.......well shot. good luck.

nice shot, but not really within the goal objectives........

superb catch...........light and contrast perfect.

don't really see knots here............

a little more contrast would have been good here...........imo, it would have given the knot and the stone more depth..

nice bloom, a little bright!

this is a stunning shot, but it looks like a bunch of blooms to me......... the contest goal states....' your goal is to show exactly ONE flower head in bloom, nothing more, nothing less... Just the head of the flower, with a few inches of the stem if necessary'

good effort, but is oof..........and maybe a little over exposed.

nice try, but the shot could use some depth, and the focus could have been sharper to show the drops off more. Maybe a little contrast might help..imo

nice effort, but the shot looks blown. a hi res would have been good in this case too.

excellent take on the theme...I like it too....good luck.

lovely sharp close up...........I like this. I might jus have cropped it a tiny bit more to lose the top right corner, it pulls your eyes to it.....imo.

absolutely spot on theme.........a lovely crisp image, and the bg material and color works very well with this.....good luck author.

good effort.

excellent shot, the reverse dof and contrast are terrific............well done.

great effort, good luck.

a really good effort.........I like the lighting.

imo, a little over saturated, and I also think a little contrast might make this good shot a great shot!

good effort............the background is not obvious, so I think it will be okay.

imo, the focus could be sharper....I do like the lighting though.

good shooting author, lovely colors and dof.............good luck!

nice take on the theme.......well done and good luck!

I like this.........well done

yes, I agree with all the comments..........a nice simple shot, well composed. good luck.

it almost looks like you could eat this...........very nice work, well done, good luck.

wow, I like this, it looks like something from an alien movie, I like the dof and colors...well done.

good catch...........and nice soft focus for the subject, well done.

good catch...........and nice soft focus for the subject, well done.

superb composition...........good use of the sky........lovely dof too. good luck.

superb composition...........good use of the sky........lovely dof too...........just a couple of dark spots in the corners, or is that the lens hood........... good luck.

yes, a fabulous rose indeed, and a good shot of it............good luck.

pink?..........nice bloom, but not pink....! Nice dof.

I have to agree with all the comments here.......

try again author, I will hold my vote......

............fabulous shot..............everything is perfect, well done.

this entry is stunning.........I personally would have liked to see a little more black around it, the crop is very tight on the left side, but apart from that, it is amazing. The dof, color and contrast is perfect imo.

how did you achieve this effect author, it is very different to the rest of the entries here.

good effort, but IMO, the color saturation is a little strong, and so you have lost a lot of detail.

in that case, it is on topic!

superb catch........terrific color, dof and contrast for this subject. very well done.

this is lovely, but there is more than one head here..........

haven't we seen this before..........maybe it was on the other site!