Spruce flower, which will become a cone.

Lovely subtle colors, perfect composition, interesting subject. What a nice photograph!

What about this one? This photo comes from the spruce top...

Very nicely done. Good composition and beautiful colors. Maybe it's the scan but feel the flower could be a little sharper. Well done.

Well photographed and a nice display of deep pink over green. I'm just thinking of cropping to the essentials in a square format, something like this perhaps?

Actually, I would not change the format.

 

I think the lower limb (which the other gentleman cropped out) and the vertical one make a frame of their own.

 

I think the shot is great. Nice contrast and exposure. I like the colors, too.

 

 

Ahh, familiar image, familiar tree, and familiar country. Well done, thanks for sharing!