Opening a bit more daily

and starting to look like a pincushion.

[Kathy A]

Beautiful

[Issi Bannerman]

Beautiful.

[Casablanca]

I love these flowers

[narayani]

I can’t wait for mine to flower!

[Beverley]

Wow… soooo gorgeous, great pov. I love this flower.

[Wylie]

gorgeous flower shot

[Peter]

Very pretty image Diana:)

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Susan Wakely]

Lovely flower.

[haskar]

I like the secret hidden inside. The blooming of a flower is such a magical process.

[Babs]

Beautiful

[Renee Salamon]

Gorgeous

[Mags]

So lovely!

[Kerry McCarthy]

Neat shot! Wonderful detail.

[Steve Chappell]

Pretty

[katy]

Beautiful details of this one. Have you considered taking several shots and then combining them somehow in a GIF? I’m not sure if that could be done but it would be interesting to see a time release photo like that.

[Christine Sztukowski]

I like the flower against the darker bokeh

[Beryl Lloyd]

Beautiful !

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very pretty.

[Bucktree]

Gorgeous closeup.

[Tia]

Beautiful and very unusual looking flower.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It's getting ready to say, "Ta-da!"

[Heather]

I love the light on those curved red "tines!" Fav

[amyK]

Nicely captured

[Rick]

Nice capture.

[Diana]

@kjarn @jamibann @casablanca @narayani @beverley365 @pusspup @pcoulson @joansmor @wakelys @haskar @onewing @rensala @marlboromaam @mccarth1 @swchappell @grammyn @365projectorgchristine @beryl @mittens @dkellogg @tiaj1402 @olivetreeann @365projectorgheatherb @amyk @rickster549 Thanks for the lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@grammyn That is certainly worth a try Katy, I have so many shots of them, Just waiting for them to finally open. They don't seem to like the rain ;-)

[katy]

@ludwigsdiana I hope to see what you will do with that