Salvia

Love it, Pat. Very whimsical with the "dancing" forms. The colors are wonderful. The black bg enhances the colors. Very fun!

Lovely colors and graceful lines against the black BG - marvelous.
Sandy

Outstanding.

WOW Pat. Very psychedelic or black light. Like the graceful line/curves of the comp. Well done.

OOOOOOooooooooo!!! . . . or something like that came out of my mouth when this opened. Great arrangement Pat and wonderful colors. Many thumbs up! >=))>

Great idea- Perfect composition, colours and BG- My best congrats, Fabio

The colors are magical, well done Pat

Awesome subject and presentation. Should be named Salvia Ballet.

Totally cool Pat. Really like the lighting on the subject and, of course, the composition.
May

This worked better than my morning coffee at getting my eyes fully open. WOW!

Brilliant arrangement, fantastic colors. Time for a book, Pat!

Superb comp with beautiful colors and lines, Pat. Brilliantly done.

Absolutely stunning, Pat! Love the colors, the curvy lines of the flowers, and the BG. Very artistic scan.

Artistically arranged and perfectly captured! I love the different colors; I think that takes this image from good to great. The curving lines give this image movement and the black bg adds elegance. Absolutely stunning!

This is really a lovely shot, Pat. It is magic !
Mauro

Excellent. Great composition and bg.

Hi Pat. An inspired arrangement, done with vibrant color and superb detail
Albert Darmo. Canada

I love the graceful curves in this composition. The colors are very pleasing too. I find the bright stem in the lower right corner draws my eye away from the rest of the image.

Excellent. It would fit perfectly to photo art gallery. Nicely done Pat.

A very different flora image Pat - and a very, very good one. I love the whimsical look to the flowers. Very cool colors. Nice shot!

Nathan

Thanks you all. I appreciate the comments, especially when I'm trying something a little different.

Mark,

That green stem was the toughest part of the image. I actually did a version where I darkened it but then, I decided I didn't like it as well. The greens at the top seemed to dominant. I also then darkened them but then the image seemed too dark. Thank you for the comment. It's where I spent most of my processing time. You hit the nail on the head.

pat

Super arrangement Pat, which of the Salvia species is this?
is it the Seer's Sage by any chance???

Thank you Krunal. At the florist they told me this was Victoria.

pat

Beautifully done Pat. I agree the greens really set these little blossoms off. Nice.

Very cool!!! Very creative use of a scanner.

It is graceful and engaging, but there is a lot of black there. With the background being what it is, you can arbitrarily move things around. Or, heaven forbid, change their relative sizes. I wonder if making the question mark a little larger would work. To some extent it seems too overpowered by the DaVinci-touch fronds on the outside.

Pete D.

I love this. It tickles my funny bone. I can see the two of them having a conversation about what to do with the smaller pink one! There is a story here for me.

And, it stands out in a crowd! Well done!

Again,

Thanks for the comments.

Pete,

I spent some time trying to figure out how to position the center frond. It really got to be about the space for me as much as the subject. I couldn't figure out a way to change it and keep the pattern in the space as interesting to my eye. You're right though, the red frond is a subordinate element in the composition and the fronds themselves border on being subordinate to the space. Just an idea I was trying to play with.

pat