Comment from Sange
Lovely Mary! Love the delicate softness, the FAB lavender color, fine focus and superb control on exposure/ white balance. Nice shooting!
Crop is wee tight at the bottom.
Fine shooting Mary ;)

 Comment Written 19-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015

Thanks Sange I appreciate your positive feedback ☺ Mary

Comment from Dick Lee Shia
Impressive capture! Nice natural illumination. Harmonious colors. Excellent bokeh effect!
Nice perspective & narrow DOF. Excellent lighting, focusing & framing. Thanks for sharing...

 Comment Written 19-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015

Thanks again Dick ☺ Mary

Comment from photobeat
what a shot mary, love the rule of third in it and the way you shot it, the colors are so clear with excellent details, very nice light balance too, well done, beny ")

 Comment Written 19-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015

Thanks so much Beny, will be going back as they had the most awesome rose garden but not too many blooms at this time of year. :) Mary

Comment from GaliaG
excellent and very creative angle of shot

excellent focus, details, colors and light handling

good composition and presentation

well done and thanks for sharing

 Comment Written 19-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015

Thanks so much GaliaG your encouraging words are appreciated :) Mary

Comment from Sean T Phelan
It's certainly a very attractive flower,Mary! And your photograph of it is very pretty too!
As you mentioned,the color is splendid!
Good Show,my friend!
~Sean

 Comment Written 18-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015

Thanks Sean, your positive words are appreciated. :) Mary

Comment from NancyJTubb
This is such a lovely flower and your imagining it as a fairies costume is very creative. I love that idea, and really love this photo with wonderful lighting, color and depth of field.

 Comment Written 18-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015

Thanks Nancy, your positive words are appreciated. :) Mary

Comment from michiganmike
An exquisite shot. The perspective is excellent and the colors are outstanding. I like the detail in the petals and the beautifully soft background. Very fine cropping and an all around excellent presentation.

 Comment Written 18-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015

Thanks Mike, I really appreciate your support and encouragement. :) Mary

Comment from gidavidson
Yes, a fairies dress for sure. Very well framed, soft background, focused all showing the colorful and pretty details. Good to see flowers blooming in the winter.

 Comment Written 18-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015

Thanks George, your positive feedback is very much appreciated. :) Mary

Comment from supergold
a wonderful close up Mary of this shy flower (lol); I hope you were able to notice the name; fantastic sharp focus, showing the fine texture of the petals;

 Comment Written 18-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015

Thanks Fred, searched for sign with name no luck, plan to go on one of their tours so will find out then. Cheers Mary

Comment from a.samathasena
What a great nice gorgeous lovely shot.Beautiful nice work and scene.Lovely flower petals colors and designs and b/g are gorgeous and great.I like this lovely talent work and scene.Focus color and all are excellent.Great job.Well Done.Thanks.

 Comment Written 18-Jul-2015

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reply by the author on 19-Jul-2015

Thanks so much a.samathasena always appreciate your encouraging feedback. :) Mary