A little heavy handed editing in the bg but the flower looks good

[JBW]

Kudos to Nduke. The Sony may not have supermacro but it does a pretty good closeup.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured, have you tried a levels adjustment to give it a bit more pop?

[gregj1763]

A lovely photo Brian and you certainly have nice separation between the background and the subject though I tend to agree with John the flower could do with a bit of tweaking it just looks a little flat and grey to me.

[JBW]

Nicely captured, have you tried a levels adjustment to give it a bit more pop?

in both RT and Gimp. I was trying to emphasize the stamen rather than the leaves. I dimmed the leaves down a bit by adding in a touch of blue.

[JBW]

A lovely photo Brian and you certainly have nice separation between the background and the subject though I tend to agree with John the flower could do with a bit of tweaking it just looks a little flat and grey to me.

We have lots of these weeds/flowers. I will try again tomorrow weather permitting.

[Shadowman]

in both RT and Gimp. I was trying to emphasize the stamen rather than the leaves. I dimmed the leaves down a bit by adding in a touch of blue.

Brian,

I think if you leave the stamen as is and bring out some of the tones of the leaves, the stamen will stand out more just by the contrast of tones.

[JBW]

Brian,

I think if you leave the stamen as is and bring out some of the tones of the leaves, the stamen will stand out more just by the contrast of tones.

tomorrow

[bnnrcn]

+1 to John

[JBW]

+1 to John