Gold Dust + re-post

Perfect comp, perfect rose and background equals fantastic image! Well done.

The pollen is very interesting, but I also find the petals really well presentedVery good shot.

Thanks to both of you. I have not re-touched this photo, except for brightening the center and pushing the black slider a little bit in LtRoom.. The edges of the petals have not been touched up at all. No smoothing, no "painting", no vignette. One of my best "Naked" shots w/ almost no PP.. l felt lucky to see this particular bloom with it's delicate, fresh petals , so, Voila! Here it is.

Lucy:
This is beautiful. The dark bg really frames the rose nicely and there is good details of the center. It is good as presented but if you are inclined to tweak, may be slight darkening of the leaves at 3-5 o'clock and cloning the dried leaf at 10 o'clock will make the image even stronger.

Beautiful find, Lucy, and well photographed. Nice lighting and comp. If you did want to do some more processing of this, a suggestion would be to darken all the background except the flower (of course!) and the 2 leaves in the bottom right. I think that would also make a fantastic photo helping to showcase this beauty. However, this is also wonderful as is!

Thanks Gary and Carolyn. I will see what this looks like both ways...darkening one version and going to a black bg in another.

Hi again, I darkened the bg, although not to black and used Gary's suggestions. I like this version better than all black, because I think it adds more interest having a little color in the bg. Although, I may use all black to put in a collection of black bg flowers. Thanks so much for your help. Hope this looks good to you, too.

Lucy: Terrific shot. I agree with you regarding the pollen and I especially like the lighting. Most excellent.>=))>

PS: I missed the repost initially. It looks great.

Truly beautiful, Lucy ! The whites are just gorgeous, and the yellow of the pollen, with its splashes across the inner petals, is delightful.

Lucy:
The re-post looks great.

The really like your repost, Lucy.

Excellent job on the repost. Beautiful blossom, nicely presented.

I really like the way the flower stands out against the dark BG. Nicely done!

Thanks so much everybody for your kind comments.,

Lucy this is beautiful, wonderful whites and love that yellow center, lots of great suggestions all ready so I will just enjoy this image as is ! I like the pollen it is just a little bit of extrat yellow sunshine in my day . The repost is stunning !!

Thank you so much, Lorna. I have been working on getting better shots..since I got an SLR to replace my Canon PowerShot. Now, I can actually shoot what I see, like in the "good ole days" shooting film SLRs..