Fushia

Good, but the unfocused flower closer to the camera on right takes too much space and attention, I think. One could always crop the image ;-)

That polarized lens is something I miss! On Canon G12 there's no easy way to attach it, and on my new Olympus camera lenses the filter size is huge, thus increasing the prize of glass filter way too expensive for me to see them worth for it.

Thanks so much for your comment, Sami, and for the critique. This was a tough week for me, because I wasn't really happy with any of the pictures I took for the challenge. I had a particular vision in mind, and almost made it. Thanks for pinpointing the weaknesses in this photo. I usually crop, but this week's challenge called for as little processing as possible.

I was so happy to find hubby's polarized filter in the bag this week, hence my decision to photograph under less than good circumstances that I never had success with: bright sunlight! I was impressed with the difference the filter made to this photo :)

Polarized filter indeed makes a great difference. I used them a lot with my old Olympus film camera where all lenses had quite compact 49mm filter size.

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Super capture here. Well done Valerie. Regards Tess.

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Fantastic Floral Image. Beautiful subject and you did it total justice. Well done Valerie.Regards Tess

Thank you so much, Tess!

Adorable Valerie, of extraordinary beauty.
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Thank you, Malik, and Happy Sunday to you as well, my friend!

Stunning shot!

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Great results Val, getting an image you like straight out of the camera, while working with a setting you've not used before ... add to that the minimal post processing limitations makes for a frustrating adventure and yet you have a great picture.:)

As for the blurred flower, my eye went straight to the one in sharp focus so I must have mentally cropped it out. :)

Hahaha, thank you for not noticing the flaws! I must have taken 50 or more photos to get this one, lol!

Thank you so much, Peter and Yvette! :)

très belle composition ensoleillée et colorée !

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Beautiful colours and great composition.

An excellent choice for this week's challenge.

Superb shot ... must get one of those lenses! :)

excellent image, love the polarised colour and boke

Gosh, that's beautiful Val. I love polarized lenses. I need to get one for my new camera. Really nice job.

You've worked wonders with the polarizer! Really makes things clear and vibrant. I thought it looked all right, but then I can't see colors. Are they really awful, like somebody said?

Thanks so much, Haarfager! No, like Wendi said, it is a translator mistake, I'm sure. I think Isabelle was trying to say "awesome".

Indeed Val she meant awesome I am sure ... :)

I absolutely love the spectacular rich colours, and the focus on the main flower. Very well done. A closer square crop would also be stunning. I have never used any filters so will have to think about that now :-)

Thanks so much, Gillian! Now I have to try cropping this photo, lol! Try the polarizing filter, it really did work wonders!

Very nice macro, but a bit of cropping would make it much more interesting, a lot of great details

Thanks so much, Wierd :)

beautiful this

Thank you so much, Annemarie!

Looking HOT! this morning on Explore ... congratulations! :)

Thanks so much! :)

Excellent shot!

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Thank you so much! :)

Great work, well done!
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Beautiful Fuschia!! Nicely captured =)
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Great macro Valerie! Love the color!

Thank you so much, Janano, Fizgig and Norm! :)

Like your crop Val but then I liked the original. :)

Thanks so much, Chris! Both are nice, and I like them for different reasons :)

Beautiful image. I love fuchsias. You made a good job of this macro shot Valerie. It is something I have yet to master. I never really get the results I am looking for.

Awesome floral macro; lovely bright colours.