Paper Flower

Well, HELLO! Nice, beautiful composition, full of color and texture. Nice work, Len.

Emmanuel, Thanks for your comment. It was feezing cold outside so I wandered about the house looking for things to shoot with my wife's (so she thinks, anyway :-)) new Canon A540. Spotted this & felt it worth the effort. Best, LM.

Hi Len, nice composition of a flower. I like the way you have framed it , the focal point on the 1/3 right a bit diagonal ,not that it is always important but I like it in this one, and good delicate texture on the petals. I like as well the soft colors.( you have a " love" connection with all magenta nuances ;-)) It is grainy though ,did you crop it from a larger frame? In any event, nice find for a cold day, as well as trying your wife's new aquisition....

Pnina, Now that you mention it, I do seem to gravitate toward magenta:-) As for the grain, I thought I had set the camera at ISO 200 but it was in fact 400. That plus a bit of (over?) sharpening may have caused the 'grain'. I'll have to pay closer attention to that aspect next time. Thanks for responding. Best, LM.

Spotted while wandering about the house on a freezing cold day

looking for subjects on which to test out my wife's new Canon A540.

Your views\comments will be gratefully received. Best, LM.

Wow! Superb!

Jeff, Thanks for your enthusiastic validation. Much appreciated. Best, LM.

This is beautiful - is it really paper? It does not look like paper.. The light and shadows are beautiful and it is a very striking colour!

Jan, You have a good eye! And I was the one within 12" of it:-( I looked again and found it to be made of some kind of fabric but definitely NOT a real bloom. Best, LM.

Well composed, nice macro. The small sensor digicams are great for macro because of their DOF ;-)

Carsten, Yes, these Point-and-shoot's have their strengths and weaknesses and I am making discoveries at both ends :-() Best, LM.