Blue

What would have been funny - or interesting - was me in the grass, trying to avoid the nettles to find an angle with blue sky. Must confess that I cheated a little because I put the feather that had landed just next to it, on the borage plant.

[Diana Moss]

A very pretty cheat , lovely picture

[Chris Adair]

Very nice shot

[Henriette Sparkes]

Adds a nice touch..love the picture.

[Richard Tyson]

Great shot

[Constance Brinkley]

This is a great photo. Worth a nettle sting! Love it.

[brett currie]

really lovely shot--i love the detail of the 'fuzzy' buds.

[Tiina Kaaria]

Small cheating is sometimes permissible:) Very pretty.

[AEG]

Very beautiful photo. Love the feather!

[Anneli Salo]

I have also been crawling under this plant trying to get the face of the plant into the picture. It is a very shy plant always its flowers towards the ground. I love the picture.

[Helene]

you're right Anneli... crawling is probably the word I was looking for! :)

[glynnis garrod]

Love the little blue flowers, A+ for effort :-)

[hellcat]

That's not cheating it's creative license. :) I've never seen one of these in person, so the flowers look as though they are trying to dive off the rest of the plant. Is that thorns/prickers or fuzz on the stem? Yes, the little blue flowers are very pretty and seem to have a sharply definitive shape to them. :) (Thank you.)

[Carol Ann]

I love the DOF and the colours!

[Helene]

ohhh gosh! I love 365 for 1 more reason: improving my english (or try to improve...). Hellcat, i don't think it's Thorns, it's just eeeerrrr fuzz I guess. I don't have a dictionnary but lets say it's not like roses, you can take them in your hands (even if you don't really want to). may be someone who spek english and know plants will explain because I can't!
Thanks for all your nice comments.

[Bill Dodsworth]

Wonderful pic and perspective, especially like the blue flowers aganst the blue sky

[Anders Juhlin]

Beautiful picture

[Allison Williams]

You are certainly giving us full disclosure when you told us you moved the feather. I think we all agree that is the privilege, right, and duty of an artist. to enhance an image.

[Rick Schies]

Nice detail, and good angle to capture the sky.

[Tracy Watkins]

beautiful shot!

[Lauren Dahlhauser]

gorgeous gorgeous shot :)

[Jennifer Albers]

Most defiantly glad you moved the feather. Can't have this shot without it! I do wonder what they are though, that look so sharp and really are not?

[LittleBlueWren]

Very pretty, love the colours )

[Kerri26]

The color and focus in this shot are outstanding!

[Yoella Offir]

The outcome worthwhile your efforts. I like the blue and green.

[Nicole Carr]

Love this Helene!!! So pretty!

[rieva]

so lovely:)!!!

[Miriam S]

Beautiful so clear against the blurred background - & yes sometimes you got to help nature a bit!

[Rachel Lewis]

Love this one! So pretty! thanks for the comments : )

[*lacey*]

Really great!

[Brad Johnson]

But you put the feather there manually and not digitally, right? :) Nice shot.

[Helene]

yes Brad manually. I have no idea how to that digitally! thank you all for your comments

[Kirsty .P]

beautiful photo Helene!

[marie ball]

beautiful!

[Melissa Pike]

This is so pretty!

[Femke]

Very nice !! And worth the effort, I´m sure. It would have been fun to have a picture of you trying to take this one ;-)

[Laura Demko]

Great photo. Love the feather! Also love the detail of the little prickly things. I'm going to make a guess here, since I am not knowledgeable about plants, but did a little google search. Does anyone know if they are "stinging trichomes"? This is the website I found: http://waynesword.palomar.edu/wigandia.htm .

Thank you for letting me know about the PP. I only saw one on this morning, so it was nice to know that Red Gamer made it on there briefly.

[bernadette mcelligott]

iove this phoograph, very well shot.

[Naomi]

This is lovely :) I love the colours :)

[juliet walker]

Beautiful detail!

[Cathy]

the sky is amazing

[taleweaver]

haha, cool :)