Comment from nature rules
This is so beautiful ... and a wonderful entry for this contest! The colors in that one flower alone would keep your painters palette active! The background simply adds the staging. All perfect in the sharpness and saturation department as well. Framing is good too...a bit off center..:D to show the lower corner interest of beautiful colors as well! Perfect DOF.....all perfect! Best of luck!

 Comment Written 17-Jan-2018

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reply by the author on 17-Jan-2018

Thanks much for your time and this great review. If you recall some time ago you helped me with a painting of a hibiscus that looked a lot like this one. Submitting images to a flower contest is a tough assignment as flowers seem to be the specialty of many on this site!

Comment from michiganmike
A beautiful flower and a very fine picture. The composition is excellent and the colors are outstanding. I like the texture in the petals and the natural background. Best of luck in the contest.

 Comment Written 16-Jan-2018

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reply by the author on 17-Jan-2018

Thanks much Mike.

Comment from Monica Morrell
Very beautiful. Coloring is wonderful. Detail amazing. Certainly correct in the title. A definite sunshine flower. Well done. Thank you for sharing.

 Comment Written 16-Jan-2018

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reply by the author on 17-Jan-2018

Thanks much Monica.