Side-lit Poppy

and hoverflies. Love taking these when the sun is low in the sky.

[Graeme Stevens]

Excellent shot

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Very nice capture of these two bees in flight!

[Newbank Lass]

Wow!

[sally agnew]

Gorgeous lighting and how cool to catch the two hoverflies :)

[Elaine]

beautifully done, gorgeous and a fav

[julia]

Beautiful shot.. lovely pov

[Ming Ryan]

Wow, fav!

[The Intermittent Photographer aka Blue Rose]

Beauty love the colour and light

[April]

Fantastic clarity!

[Maggiemae]

You could sell this - another one alongside with slightly different attitude the same size and shape! fav

[Christina Helliwell]

Beautifully photographed, The lighting is just magical.

[tony gig]

Wonderful timing and capture Chantal...Fav

[Sue]

Great shot!

[Cally]

A lovely shot.

[gayelene]

This is just beautiful fav

[ShirleyB]

Beautiful shot and lighting. Makes the poppy look like it's made of paper

[Babs]

fantastic shot

[Kane Arlow]

Beautiful lighting. I love the pop of red from the flower too. A very big fave.

[elkehochban]

Beautiful! Great timing

[Kathleen Hinkaty]

Beautifully shot!

[Danny G.]

Brilliant and a fav

[David Lee]

perfect exposure

[Yeshanghai]

Absolutely gorgeous! Instant FAV

[Leana Niemand]

This is most incredible, a fav.

[Jo]

Beautiful shot, love the light.

[Rosie]

Brilliant , a certain fav

[Lois]

Fantastic shot! Fav

[Molly]

Just stunning. Fav.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Lovely composition and capture. FAV

[Joyce]

Beautiful. Fav

[Leon Buijs]

Great light and set out from the background

[Peter Dulis]

Lovely...

[Nicole]

gorgeous against the black!

[Fisher Family]

A very good close-up, with lovely clear detail!

Ian

[Shailesh]

wonderful capture...

[Margaret Obey]

The side lighting is so powerful.

[Jo]

A fabulous capture.

[Kim]

Gorgeous capture!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful.

[Anna]

What a stunning shot! Love the contrast of the background, and the brilliancy of the petals.

[Corrie]

Another FAV from me!

[Ann Williams]

Absolutely stunning.

[Taffy]

Instant fav! Perfection! I love the color, the bees, the negative space, black background -- everything about it.

[Paula W]

Already fav'd but just wanted to say this is superb Chantal, fav.

[Rosie Kind]

fabulous - Fav

[Cindy McFarland]

Simply beautiful. Fav!

[Call me Joe]

Incredible capture:)

[Kathy]

Nicely done.

[Stephanie Swift]

Stunning in every way, fav of course.

[Gena Pegg]

I love the image so much...without the bee it would still be beautiful, but with the bee it is magnificent.

[Jane Pittenger]

Spectacular...light, length of stem, sharpness, fav

[Kerri Michaels]

very cool.. fav

[Richard Hickey]

Stunning picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page and the PP. Well deserved.

[Sylvia du Toit]

Beautiful colours and capture.

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful and the lighting is wonderful.

[Nick]

Fab photo. Fav.

[Irene]

Stunning fav

[Osia Strasner]

Such gorgeous colors and light!! FAV!

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

This is a fantastic capture can not fault it fav:)