an extra petal...............

.....white magnolia against a flintstone wall at Mottisfont.

Thank you so much, everyone, for sending my photo 'The Crypt' to PP.

The Crypt does flood regularly to a degree in rainy months but this February the water was a metre deep, the highest in living memory.

Sound II is fashioned from lead out of a plaster cast of Antony Gormley's own body. Its description: 'a man looks at his reflection in water cupped in his hands.'

[Denise]

Love the detail in this blossom Hazel.

[linda]

wow I never realised that is what they look like inside. I like the little puddles on the petals, and the contrast of textures, it look like it is growing out of the wall. really nice shot Hazel

[Karen B.]

A fragile burst of white from a beautiful contrasting strong, textured wall. The fragility of strength ! Well spotted !

[Kane Arlow]

Love the detail and contrasting colour.

[What's for dessert?]

Lovely!

[Graham Thresher]

Such a beautiful composition and a FAV.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Lovely magnolia ,and so nicely captured and composed Hazel

[wendy frost]

Beautiful against the flint wall

[Emilie Cartoun]

Perfectly focused and realistic yet also painterly at the same time. I especially like the smooth, silky texture of the pale petals.

[Vega]

I love, love magnolias - what a lovely shot and good for you for not cutting the tip of a petal off like I did on my hibiscus :)

[Pete]

Nice shot, like the pinky shade of the flint wall

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome macro.

[David]

beautiful

[Molly]

A beautiful contrast between the softness of the flower and the hardness of the flints. Great focus too.

[Judith]

Beautiful

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful, great background. Fav

[123-lizzyr]

I love the flower against the wall - beautiful

[Claire]

It is very pretty,

[michael]

Beautiful contrast between flower and background and so sharp.

[Karin Hirsch]

Beautiful photo , looks like I could jsut pick it up from there

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely shot

[Joaozito Polo]

God!!! What kind of lens you use? Yours shots are too perfect!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Such a beautiful looking flower and beautifully captured.

[Hazel]

@joaozitopolo

Joaozito, you did make me laugh! I don't have any special lens - too scientific for me by far. This was taken with a Fuji X20 - a modest camera - little bit of processing aferwards but mostly I don't do any processing. Thanks for the comment!

[Al Bailey]

Beautiful shot :)

[Michelle]

So beautiful!

[Linda]

Very pretty, really like the background against the white petals.

[Catherine W.]

So pretty! Congrats on pp! That was such an awesome shot...well deserved!!!!

[Lin]

Beautiful!

[Tracey]

Beautiful capture and detail

[Ruby]

Lovely capture

[Richard Creese]

Great textures and colours in the wall, nice shot.

[Gena Pegg]

A really wonderful shot...love the flower and the ice really adds texture and interest Great colors