Lily

Well, we have my father-in-law and brother-in-law visiting from Dublin, which is lovely, but it does restrict the time for 365!!! Thought I would take an "easy" shot, and 93 million hours later, here it is!

Thanks for all your comments, I appreciate every one.

[Fanny Brogden]

Oooooooooooo stamens!! Fanatstic pov and lighting well done Peter!! fantasmagorical shot! Enjoy your evening :))

[Fanny Brogden]

Lily surely?!

[Fintan Phelan]

Make sure you look after the kin .Like the lilly is a lilly

[Rachel Holbrook]

wonderful focus !

[Kim Crisp]

Stunning!

[Fintan Phelan]

no it's an iris must read slowly

[Amy D]

Lovely!

[Shirley Jess]

Lovely detail!

[Danny G.]

Gorgeous shot, Peter. Stunning focus, colors, tones and composition.

[Peter H]

All, it is, of course, a lily, thank you Fanny @fannyb

[8yearson]

Lovely macro shot Peter! I love lilies, I'm going to get lily withdrawal now having seen this...... hardly taken any flower photos all month! Enjoy the visiting relatives, the forecast is good for the weekend...

[Linda Agne]

Great macro shot - have never seen anything like it

[Nicole Campbell]

My kind of shot and they are harder to capture than they look. Enjoy your visitors.

[GPix]

These can be quite difficult to capture and you have done it well. Hope your hourly rate is not too steep!!

[Ann Jones]

Lovely macro capture!

[Maina]

I love this macro!! Which kind of lens did you use?
It is very clean.

[Maina]

and fav :)

[Peter H]

@maina Thanks for the Fav, I appreciate it.

I cheat a little for macro shots. I use the standard Canon EF-S 18-55 lens with an Opteka converter screwed to the front.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Opteka-Professional-Macro-Canon-18-55mm/dp/B000GBCYF2/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1345206875&sr=1-5

[Maina]

@peadar : Oh hthanks for your tips.
I am a nikon girl. I used sometimes reverse lens technique.
And I bought Extension tubes for my fixed lenses 105mm and 50mm, in order convert in macro lens.

[David]

Great shot Peter .. no way you can get one as good as that in a hurry!

[Lyn]

Very grand macro - love the color!!

[bardejov]

Fabulous capture of something so small and delicate.

[Chris Johnson]

Spectacular shot Peter! Great shallow depth of field, colors, and sharpness!

[Linda Lorraine]

:-) I hear you on the time when you have vacation going on. Just came out of that and was amazed how little time relaxing left me. Love the detail of this close up

[Alicia]

Ooh, nice, quite abstract really and such lovely colours

[Anoeska van Rijsbergen]

Very nice details and colors!