Comment from dalebraatz
A wonderful shot of this very colorful tulip, like the textures and details you have captured here,
A pleasure to look at, thank you for sharing, dale

 Comment Written 22-Jan-2019

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reply by the author on 25-Jan-2019

Thank you so much my friend!

reply by dalebraatz on 25-Jan-2019

Your welcome

Comment from Susan F. M. T.
Pat,
A beautiful picture of this full-blown red Tulip with a golden heart & petal tips it's stamens topped with dark pollen & it pistil gold in colour . Beautiful composition framing and lighting taken with superb camera techniques and sharp focus.
Susan

 Comment Written 22-Jan-2019

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reply by the author on 25-Jan-2019

Thank you so much Susan!

Comment from Envision
The vibrant colors are eye catching and very pretty. Definitely a prelude to Spring. Your framing shows the pollen dust nicely on the petals in the center of the flower.

 Comment Written 22-Jan-2019

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reply by the author on 25-Jan-2019

Thank you so very much!

Comment from GaliaG
excellent capture of this beautiful flower

good focus, filling of the frame and composition

good light handling and initial impact

thanks fro sharing

 Comment Written 22-Jan-2019

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reply by the author on 25-Jan-2019

Thank you so much!

Comment from Linda Engel
Yellow and red combos make beautiful flowers. You did a lovely job of presenting the petals in a way for us to view all of the details. Looks like little dancers fanning around the star dancer. Terrific focus and lighting Love how you keep some of the tulips in the background . It compliments the presentation. Very pretty.

 Comment Written 22-Jan-2019

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reply by the author on 25-Jan-2019

Wow Linda! Thank you so very very much! Your support means a lot to me! I am honored by your six star rating!

Comment from Terry Loftus
This is beautiful. The colors are so rich and the yellow and red together great. Nicely framed with the slow roll of the others in the background.

 Comment Written 22-Jan-2019

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reply by the author on 25-Jan-2019

Thank you very much Terry!

Comment from Robert Plain
I'm ready for spring - just got back from Florida and it's below zero here. Beautiful tulip - yellow and orange looks just like spring. Nice and warm.

 Comment Written 22-Jan-2019

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reply by the author on 25-Jan-2019

Thank you Robert! Spring for us will be in May, it?s raining and 40 today!

Comment from Sange
Nice Sunny colors, fine focus, full frame crop, exposure and crisp
details down to the tiny pollen dust. A little bit of sunshine inside your toasty warm home ;)

Nice work Pat

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 Comment Written 22-Jan-2019

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reply by the author on 25-Jan-2019

Thanks so much!

Comment from willie
I love the tulip flower but I don't like it when the bloom is gone. I don't have any because of that. I really do like the colors I see here.

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 Comment Written 22-Jan-2019

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reply by the author on 25-Jan-2019

Thanks so much Willie ! That?s the thing about Tulips that I don?t like, the blooms come and go so quickly!