Carnation

[zafra52]

This picture relies on perspective, depth of field and colour.

[Matt. K]

Luscious colour and unusual point of view all help to give this image some extra impact. Works for me.

[stubbsy]

This has a lovely painterly quality to it - I like the subtle tonings you've achieved.

[biggerry]

I like, its all wrong for me in some ways (symmetry and POV) but it still works...the de-sat (if that is indeed what you have done) works nicely..nice one.

painterly

I was gonna throw a dictionary at you Peter, but low and behold, that darn word exists...

Function: adjective
Date: circa 1586
1 : of, relating to, or typical of a painter : artistic <painterly attention to detail>
2 : suggestive or characteristic of a painting or of the art of painting <painterly photography>; especially : marked by an openness of form which is not linear and in which sharp outlines are lacking <painterly brushwork> <a painterly landscape>

[surenj]

Unusual macro which looks so 3D!

I am yearning to see that stem a little more however.

[aim54x]

Everything has already been said....

Great stuff, it looks awesome for colours/3D-look/unusual POV

[zafra52]

Thank you all for your kind comments. What you see above
is pretty much what the camera saw in RAW format. The
lens is a Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG APO Macro, ISO- 100
Shutter Speed & Time Exposure 1/40 Sec. Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length was 190 mm and tripod. Sorry surenj, there
is no stem in either of the two pictures I took from the same
position. I think I was too close and I wanted a macro shot.

[stubbsy]

Ah a Sigma lens - that explains the lovely softness

Gerry - surely you'd know by now that my command of the language is superlative. I also think you'll find the expression is "lo and behold"