paradise

Definitely on black!
Doing the AYWMC course and my tripod arrived, and guess what the next lesson was about! So I used my iphone as a remote control (as suggested in the lesson) to try to gain clarity and better dof with camera on the tripod.
I played with quite a few areas of the garden but I rather liked the arty feel of this result.
Photobomber is a bonus :)

[Catherine P]

So pretty and cheerful

[Fr1da]

wonderful shapes !

[Bep]

Lovely shot!

[Joanne Diochon]

Very nice with the soft background.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Stunning plant - so exotic ,

[Julie Duncan]

I find B of P very difficult to photograph. Yours is exquisite!

[Elyse Klemchuk]

I agree with everyone- this is wonderful, stunning, exquisite! Such a treat for me on still another cloudy day here.

[Diana]

Absolutely stunning with wonderful light and bokeh. I have been taking shots of one all day as I plan to fill a week with it ;-)

[mittens (Marilyn)]

This is beautiful.

[Valerie Chesney]

so very beautiful..

[tony gig]

Beautiful flower and shot...fav

[Helge Erik Storheim]

Very pretty

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@juliedduncan I'm glad you said that because I have most often been very disappointed with photos I take of these. So trying it with the tripod and having this result really made me pleased :)

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@ludwigsdiana ooooh I'm looking forward to this, I've always loved how you capture yours!

[Jean]

This is gorgeous and so detailed. Beautiful dof. Had to look carefully to see the photobomber

[Nina Ganci]

gorgeous capture
they are very photogenic
fav

[Mallory]

Beautiful light!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@jernst1779 yes it's a sneaky bomber :)

[Harry J Benson]

great colour and focus

[gloria jones]

Excellent focus, great colors

[haskar]

Lovely background. Pretty flower.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Lovely shot

[Carole Sandford]

Love this!

[Babs]

One of my favourite flowers.

[wendy frost]

Lovely capture and details.

[Elizabeth]

Pretty capture of one of my favorites.

[Jane Pittenger]

Well done. What is AYWMC?

[Rick]

Great shot.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@jgpittenger "A year with my camera" - a free online photography course. I'm doing it with my sister and we are loving it. I found out about it here, quite a lot of members have done it or are doing it. There are 10 enrolment intakes a year :)

[Monique]

Oh, I only know the orange ones ...till now 👍