Great colors and perfect composition. You really get your money's worth out of the price of admission to Longwood, don't you? How many pictures do you take in one day there (I got to Winterthur yesterday and took about 150 shots)?

6 Apr 2008 7:11am

@Chris: I took 200 photos in 3 hours last week at Longwood. I didn't realize it was so many until I checked to answer your question. I take several shots of the same composition at different f stopsfrom 3.2 to 22 as a way to learn what works best, and also, to get one good shot. I'm teaching myself macro.

I look forward to seeing some of the photos you took at Winterthur. Spring is a fabulous time to visit there.

Monte Stevens from Fort Collins, United States

another nice image!

6 Apr 2008 7:46am

GJC from Kyoto, Japan

Superb composition and very impressive use of background color to highlight the aloe. I really like this.

6 Apr 2008 8:02am

Mike from Chester, United Kingdom

Super image, looks tropical. Nice diffused lighting.

6 Apr 2008 9:20am

@Mike: Thanks. When I click on your name, I'm not taken to your blog. Why is that?

Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States

Great colors...

6 Apr 2008 1:22pm

standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France

Wonderful! The colours are enhanced by the dark background.

6 Apr 2008 3:10pm

Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States

Wonderful composition. Great contrast. This looks like a painting. Beautiful work. :)

6 Apr 2008 4:00pm

John Maslowski from Dallas,PA, United States

Lovely shot, Anita. Beautiful colors and great focus here. Like the off center composition. Very nice image.

6 Apr 2008 5:52pm

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

A beautiful image, Anita. The DOF is perfect ... soft and creamy! I spent the afternoon at the Missouri Botanical Garden yesterday. Shot 500 pics in about 2.5 hours. When shooting outdoors you have to shoot a lot to get the real winners ... and this shot of yours is a gold medalist!

6 Apr 2008 6:30pm

@Ron: Thanks. I look forward to seeing some of those 500 photos!