Early Bloomer

The sulphur alder flower blooms early in the morning and closes by noon. Bees and insects find this flower very attractive. And so do I. 8)

[Alison]

Beautiful

[Anne ❀]

interesting bloom and info! nice comp, great pic

[KWind]

Great shot! The lines draw your eye inward!

[Dominique]

Pretty colour - very striking!

[eva]

Mesmerising.

[Humphrey Hippo]

Love the composition. Gorgeous sunny colour.

[Charlene Barker]

Stunning color and so intense

[Kitti Nelson]

Stunning! - and great info too - fav

[Simon]

Great shot Livia

[Carole Imes]

How interesting! Love the color and as always you are a super duper "macro snapper." ;-)

[❀ Lynn]

This is beautiful. Love your close up and colours.

[Yvonne]

Love the color--no wonder the bees and insects love it. Great shot.

[Jason Daniels]

lovely comp and colour.

[Danny G.]

And I too. Lovely shot of a beautiful flower. Great colors and tones.

[Kass]

Love the colour and comp!

[Larry B]

Great shot!.... Great presentation!

[Claire]

Wow, stunning; beautiful shot

[Patty]

So beautifully captured Livia! Love the colors, and your focus.

[tony gig]

Beautiful detail and colour Livia

[naladka]

Love that color and gentle petal separations!

[eDorre]

Lovely off-center presentation! Such a happy color!

[Amelie]

great shot

[MaryBeth Dailey]

I love the BRIGHT yellow and the shapes inside the flower. So so pretty!

[Pyrrhula]

And I . A great close up with beautiful colors and patterns

[Roberta Clark Chalmers]

Great focus and details of the stamens. Very pretty!

[Ann Jones]

Beautiful capture!

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Krissy]

Such a pretty colour!

[cglist]

Oooo... love how this fills the frame!

[Nada A.]

Love how the flower seems to be reaching out while the eye is drawn in. Very hypnotic.

[hueymilunz]

lovely yellow colour

[Mags]

Excellent focus and beautiful color! Lovely composition, Livia! Nicely done!

[Sophia Ziburtovicz]

Very beautiful, Livia

[Robert Velten]

Oh my! You're showing your bloomers! To bee, or not to bee....... I can see as if I were a bee, sweet macro in more ways than one.

[Andreas]

Stunning shot, love the yellow and the comp. the stamens looks glowing

[Sally Ings]

Gorgeous colour, great detail!

[karenann]

A warm, yellow temptress!

[Ade Akinyede]

Very pretty, and beautiful, vibrant yellow!!!

[Tanja Carda]

Lovely tones, composition and detail. Really like the unique pov of your flower shots =)

[Beth]

Wow! Great closeup of the center. It is unusual. Almost abstract.

[Colleen]

Livia this is awesome!

[SouthChelsea]

Almost pulsates. Great shot!

[Dana Palermo]

Gorgeous color!!! Looks like a burst!!

[Catherine W.]

Gorgeous, sunny shot!!!!!

[Mick]

Beautiful Livia, though it looks like its waiting to snare the bees.

[Robin]

Beautiful shot, Livia. Love the focus on the stamens.

[Princess Fairlane]

This is a morning glory flower... I've never seen a yellow one... very pretty :D

[Ruth Lueth]

Love the sunny yellow and your focus too

[ladyjane]

Wonderful macro and great colour contrast.

[Netkonnexion]

Cool shot.

[Shirley Chetwynd]

Love the colours.

[Dixie Goode]

Strange sense of speed and movement to this

[Tony]

Amazing detail in your signature style.

[Connie]

Never heard of this flower before, thanks to you, Livia! Lovely yellow!

[Elizabeth Youngs]

Beautiful focus and color!

[Jill]

Sunny and wonderful!

[Trisha Ford]

Gorgeous color here! Puts a smile on my face!

[Michelle]

I'd never make it out early enough to see it! Love the comp!

[Mark]

Crazy Amazing Macro Livia!

[Cathy]

What a lovely center!

[Sheri]

Stunning macro!

[Country Lady]

Pretty colors!

[beachradish]

I like your view on the tiny details of the flower ...

[Rach_who]

Very dreamy

[Sandra]

Wonderful stunning shot and what a great colour.

[GPix]

I find it very attractive too!! Great

[Bobbyj]

love how it splits into four segments :)

[Lisa Pouncy]

Beautifully vibrant. I love the central pattern with the brown almost bleeding outwards. Great focus xx

[Vicki Dixon]

great macro!!!!

[Sassik]

Beautiful! I love how you direct our eye to the details.

[Brian Baptie]

Wow!!

[Nikki]

Lovely color & focus

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful macro capture and colours.

[Peter de Graaff]

Mesmerising

[Amy Spada]

I love yellow... such a joyful color!

[Tin Agustin]

Very beautiful Livia!

[Abhijit]

Nicely composed :)

[Dana]

Lovely composition.

[Jim]

very pretty yellow bloom

[Jennifer C]

Wonderful macro detail!

[Aurora Linda]

Perfection!

[bruni]

Very pretty and unusual.. is this the lifespan from morning to midday or does the flower open it's pedals again the next morning?

[Aleksandra]

Such a wonderful happy colour!

[Al Perry]

Nice tight shot. You are all up in that flowers business.

[ツ]

Love yellow and this is so pretty!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful color and I love the soft look of it.

[Monica]

Very beautiful

[Julia]

so beautiful! gorgeous details!

[Michelle]

This is so beautiful

[samantha]

What a gorgeous colour! lovely =)

[Pam]

Love the composition, focus , and color!! Beautiful!!

[Bob]

Great shot and close! Details like this are usually missed by most.

[Livia]

A great, big, cheerfully yellow, bright and early "THANK YOU!" to everyone for taking the time to stop by and leave a comment! I see a flower and my instinct is to go as near as I can with my camera. Some details look awesome, and I love how the coloring at the centre of this flower looks so perfectly soft.

Again, thank you, I appreciate your support very much!

[Mel]

i have been absent of late and your calendar view certainly has changed this month!! i love it! miss the bugs but i love this new look too :) this is so happy looking

[Kd Wallis]

great composition. i really like the full frame shot of yellow!

[David]

So gorgeous Livia!

[Jolly]

Yes, do agree. It sure is a show-stealer. Lovely!

[Cindy Muir]

Beautiful shot!

[Lisa]

Love it.

[EvaHenriette]

Lovely shot. So nice and bright.

[davide]

Very beautiful! That yellow is so warm

[Beau]

Beautiful color, composition and textures.

[Darlene]

What a gorgeous shot, Livia.

[Sean O'Neill]

Beautiful dof and focus.