Comment from Vortex Niner
I am evaluating your photo based on the 9 following criterias,

Color: 5
Light: 5
Focus: 5
Topic: 5
Appearance: 5
Technique: 5
Clarity: 5
Feeling: 5
Depth: 5

 Comment Written 02-May-2009

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reply by the author on 02-May-2009

Thank you for your generous review.

Comment from saltandpepper
I like the photographic content it is fun, just like you are. I love to see your latest work. You have such a unique and good eye for these type of fine details.

 Comment Written 30-Apr-2009

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reply by the author on 01-May-2009

Thank you for your generous review.

Comment from photoproject
Excellent piece. I just love the very soft and relaxed scene you bring out here. The great details in some areas make this for a very interesting choice.

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2009

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2009

Thank you for ypour supportive review.

Comment from PoohBear
Can't make up my mind if I really like it or just love the colors. This is very colorful however, I'm not into the hocuc pocus stuff. You do super work and I don't know why you need to change a photo into art. Great colors. SORRY!

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2009

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2009

I know you don't like Hokus Pokus but that is a Mixed Media contest. I can't post photos for that. It's really not to much I did with this one but to increase the textures and paint the eyes.On the other hand is fun to do it because I'm not grown up jet. I still love fairy tales. This here is one. If I tell Andersen's "Mother of Lilac" or "Thumbelina' using these pictures to some of the neighbor kids, or put a book for them together, they identify easily with their heroes. It's as if they life right with them if they see the picture and find the flower they never paid attention before in their own garden.
Photography, Mixed Media and Painting are three different arts for me. The exist beside each other. Everyone of them say what the artist want to tell in their own way. It's like the difference between Painting and Photography or even the difference between Photography and Digital Photography. Non of it will ever replace the other as Movie didn't replace Theater or TV didn't replace Movie. [By the way I had people asking me why I do photography because I paint too.]
I never do an Mixed Media to improve a photo for beauty. I do Mixed Media to create something new, what wasn't there before to tell a new story or give a message. I don't think that anybody would think of enviroment and protection for the planet if I would have posted the sunset and the wathef fosset and a clock seperat. It would just be photos. By combining them as in "Time is running out" I can give the message I want to give. In this case it is much like the classical photomontage, artists did long before the digital age.
Sorry for fanning out but you ask why I do artwok.
Regards Cleo

Comment from greenpear
Very nice work in great colors for sure. Love the high photographic impact and the sense of movements. Very unique and grabs your immediate attention and keeps you interested in all the details.

 Comment Written 29-Apr-2009

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2009

Thank you for your generous review.

Comment from lappinart
Great photo. Has a double meaning.
Beautiful flower but it also looks like a peacock with a duck face.
Very interesting work and I love the colors.

Lappinart

 Comment Written 28-Apr-2009

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reply by the author on 29-Apr-2009

Thank you for your generous review. Many people see all kinds of birds in there. It is the original flower center. I only added the eyes.

reply by lappinart on 29-Apr-2009

You are welcome. This is a very imaginative image. It's beautiful.
Lappinart

reply by the author on 29-Apr-2009

Thanks :-)

Comment from vanillaxxxtiger
nice image here great use of colours and a great perspective on this very beautiful flower very nice capture. it looks alot like art

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 Comment Written 28-Apr-2009

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reply by the author on 28-Apr-2009

Thank you for your generous review.
You write "is looks a lot like art" do you mean it doesn't look like a photo?
It is not a photo but a photo based Mixed Media with changed textures and painted parts.

reply by the author on 28-Apr-2009

Thank you for your generous review.
You write "is looks a lot like art" do you mean it doesn't look like a photo?
It is not a photo but a photo based Mixed Media with changed textures and painted parts.

Comment from chipshake
Here you present a very nice work. The lighting is well balanced. Really good colors and details across the board. Well done and thank you for sharing.

 Comment Written 28-Apr-2009

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reply by the author on 28-Apr-2009

Thank you so much for your supportive review.

reply by the author on 28-Apr-2009

Thank you so much for your supportive review.

Comment from Jorge Gaete
Very nice work.
The colors and textures are fantastic.
It looks like a beautiful bird.
Makes ones mind work and travel.
I love the touch of green.

 Comment Written 28-Apr-2009

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reply by the author on 28-Apr-2009

Thank you so much for viewing. I like your bird idea and the idea of traveling minds. Somebody else said the center looks like a turkey.

reply by the author on 28-Apr-2009

Thank you so much for viewing. I like your bird idea and the idea of traveling minds. Somebody else said the center looks like a turkey.

reply by Jorge Gaete on 28-Apr-2009

You are very welcome. It can be any bird any one wants. The beauty of art.

reply by the author on 28-Apr-2009

I agree fully :)

Comment from ixtamar
amazing digital work of a macro shot - you have preserved the original yet managed to enhance it and give it a human touch - Great shot - great work - thank you - Howard

 Comment Written 28-Apr-2009

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reply by the author on 28-Apr-2009

Thank you very much for your generous and kind review Howard.