Comment from careydils
Wow! What an interesting commentary and education on the very unusual and unique "trees". Kind of funny in a way but strange. The flowers looks like something you would see on the sea floor. How very interesting and thank you for sharing these with us. The photo itself is very beautiful. Excellent color with great detail and textures. Really stunning composition as well, love how you have framed them in the shot. Very nicely done Eileen. A joy to review.

 Comment Written 12-Mar-2013

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reply by the author on 13-Mar-2013

Thanks so much Carey!

Comment from clou
Amazing capture! Never saw anything like it before...Super perspective and sharp focus...lovely natural light and wonderful color harmony!
Love it!

 Comment Written 11-Mar-2013

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reply by the author on 11-Mar-2013

Wow, thanks so much C!

Comment from Skyangel02
This is one flower I have never seen before in all my life. It looks really lovely. It's a shame the fruit has a bad odor.
The photo looks excellent to me.

 Comment Written 11-Mar-2013

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reply by the author on 11-Mar-2013

Thanks so much sky. I can attest to its odor, almost a very sickening smell, like death. You don't want to hang around too long. :)

Comment from Sange
Kabooom! CRYSTAL CLEAR! Clarity is AWESOME! The details and colors are fab! I may have liked a tighter crop getting rid of the one on right, A black background maybe? Not sure. But My little HP... GOOD JOB!

 Comment Written 10-Mar-2013

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reply by the author on 10-Mar-2013

Thanks Sange! An oldie I resurrected.

Comment from WendyG
What a fabulous shot Eileen, love the colors and the detail and textures our captures are superb. Excellent techs all around my friend!;)

 Comment Written 10-Mar-2013

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reply by the author on 10-Mar-2013

Thanks so much Wendy!

Comment from jjdiii
Love the colors and textures. The saturation is excellent. Camera technique is great - focus is good along with depth of field and exposure. Composition is also good. The right hand corners are just a little distracting.

 Comment Written 10-Mar-2013

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reply by the author on 10-Mar-2013

I understand jjdiii, it was a pod before the flower bloomed and wanted to show both... thanks so much for this great review.

Comment from Susan F. M. T.
Eileen,
A beautiful picture ofthis most unusual Cannon Ball Bloom with is oddly shaped Pistl looking like a sea anenome in that could in your mind's eye it movening with the currents. beautiful lighting to bring out its colouring, taken with superb camera techniques & sharp focus.
Susan

 Comment Written 10-Mar-2013

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reply by the author on 10-Mar-2013

Thanks so much Susan, i thought it looks like an anenome as well :)

Comment from smart click
Aeally sharp image with great detail and such clarity, ive not seen one of these canonball tree before but they look lovely with such a lot of texture especially in the core of the flower, colour is vibrant,i think i mighthave tried either clone or crop right handside tad to probably clone to fill in with bacckground but its a matter of taste and still a very good frame and only a observation

 Comment Written 10-Mar-2013

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reply by the author on 10-Mar-2013

I appreciate your input smark click! I did crop some out but left enough to be interesting :)

Comment from bellamahri
Wow!
What an unusual looking flower.
Great colors and detail on this macro.
Great lighting and composition.
Thank you for sharing!

 Comment Written 10-Mar-2013

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reply by the author on 10-Mar-2013

Thanks so much bellamahri!