Poppy Bud

Outstanding macro photo.

STUNNING MACRO, you should join the Macro Photography group

Wow – fantastic detail, stunning.

Thank you, Simon.

Big-D: This is awesome and well deserving of its featured status! Lisa

Congrat Big D nice one.

Thank you, Kerri.

This is so lovely.. So beautiful… I think it is probably one of the finest I have seen to date.. Bravo! Looks outstanding featured on todays group Home page.. :)

i love this

Thank you, Lukas

WOW!!! this is incredible ~ love the details.

Big-D, these large pictures here on RB really let you see the pictures with such clarity. Love this one.

Yup, when you click view larger it really pops.

Yup, when you click view larger it really pops and thanks for the fav.

beautiful!

Fabulous.. just love it.

Breathtakingly beautiful!

Gorgeous well done!

fantastic capture!

perfect!

absolutely perfect!
:))

Excellent detail here :) laurie

congrats on the avatar…well earned

Congrats !!!

Outstanding macro shot, perfect in detail, color and contrast! Congratulations on the avatar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was my favorite one…

Congratulations on the win in the Flowers in Macro challenge! It’s a very well deserved victory, such a beautiful photo! The mix of colours is lovely and the clarity is just superb! Well done :)

Congrats, BigD!

Congrats Big. Great shot.

Beautifully sharp, well composed shot. Lovely detail and colour. Great dof and pretty bokeh!!

Cogratulations BigD, Wonderful job, I love it!
Enjoy the weekend, Jokus ;-)

Congratulations ! This is really master piece . Beauty !

Congrats on a well deserved win and a great new Avatar! Great shot!

Congratulations BigD!!! Stunning image!!! Looks fabulous for the new Avatar!!!

Congratulation D what a great photo woo hoo….gina

congrats! this is beautiful!

Way to go.. Fantastic capture so beautiful and well captured.. Well deserved in its glory.. Love it..

Congrats on the win!!!

congrats on your win ~ so very very deserving :) xx

Congratulations on your win, fantastic macro!

Congradulations, one of my favorites

Congratulations on your Win in Birth Of Beauty!!!!! WHEEEEE!!! I’m sooo excited for you!!!! A joyous clink of the coffee cups across the miles, my dear friend!!!!! Soooo thrilled!!!! Happy dance time!!!!! A wonderful image … soooo crystal clear … and I love the little itty bitty hairs all over it!!!! SUCH fun!!!!! Congratulations again, sweetie!!!!

Fantastic macro!! Love the red POP! Congratulations!!!

most beautiful image, D! Well deserved exposure! BIG congrats to BIG D!:)))

Great macro! Congratulations!!!

What an amaizing shot…

Congratulations on the win in the Flowers in Macro challenge! It’s a very well deserved photograph!!! This is a breathtaking Macro!!

Congratulations Beautiful!

Congratulations on the win! I love this shot!

This was phenomenal – great work!!

Wonderful shot…Congratulations!

Congratz BigD on the winning Avatar well done !!!!!!!
It is a stunning image !!!!!

Congratulations BigD, great detail.

Beautiful image, big congratulations on your win.

simply divine! I love it

Wonderful, and elegant!

the most beautiful almost new born baby I have seen. Congratulations!

Such a beautiful macro – great fine detail and a perfect DoF and background. Fabulous image.

Amazing work! You are great!

Superb macro. The detail & sharpness is first class.

No doubt about it, fantastic macro!

WOW

Great shot- you got my vote in the Macro comp xxxxxx

Amazing shot!

Phew, that is just amazing. Great work.

F A N T A S T I C !!!!!!!

Stunning

Wonderful image, well done on the competition!

congrats!!!! a great photo, excellent exposure, composition and DOF!!!

Yep, this was the one I voted for. Super amazing macro – wonderful subject – awesome job. Congrats!

Congratulations BigD!!! Certainly had my vote!!! :o))

Congratulations on your win BigD! Well deserved winner :))

All right Big D!!!! Congratulations on winning the challenge with your fantastic photo! Way to go!

Wow, congrats on winning the challenge. This macro is totally awesome, great clarity, composition, lighting….great everything!!!!!

Congrats, Fantastic macro :-)

A very well-deserved win; congrats!! :-)

This is AWESOME!!!
You had my vote:)
Congratulations – really well deserved!

Nice work!!!

Fantastic! Congrats on winning…it is well deserved.

Wow! Congratulations on winning the challenge and on a fantastic photo.

Well done, it’s a fabulous picture!

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Congrats on a winning image here!

~Ari

No wonder it won! That is 14 on a scale of 1-10. Congratulations on a well deserved win, I’m sure it’ll win more for you.

A beautiful macro BigD.

Wow!! Stunning detail, congratulations.

Perfect for Armistice – Remembrance day , this weekend – lovely shot – congrats; I believe you won on the Challenge so well deserved. Liz

Great Macro! Wow Awesome detail

this is just stunning in every way! I was looking at these red poppy buds only today and thinking how beautiful they were as they emerged like this!

Wow, just beautiful!

lovely macro

Love the color and the detail. Great work.

Oh my, the detail is extraordinary. This is a wonderful image, I love it. Reminds me of birth, of new life, of beauty emerging. Excellent work.

What a beauty, i can almost feel it coming into existence.

Love this…I have a couple poppy shots too, love them, I love the textures and the paper like look they have….nice!

Holy Moley! Unbelievable image.

this is a perfect shot D congrats

Beautiful! Great detail.

wow, beautiful

awesome micro

What an amazing macro! Fantastic.

excellent details!! Awesome!

Superb Big D

Wow. THis is a wonderful macro shot. Well done.

Stunning
Lisa x

Missed this first time round…..so sharp….simply stunning

kev

Wow this is a fantastic image. Beautiful!

Excellent work here my friend.

Stunning

Fantastic capture from this from the poppy bud every just opens. I think this is eastern poppy, from me this same kind in the garden, magnificent big red poppy. Great work BigD!

perfect:)

Fabulous detail!

WOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Second Place in the Macro Mania Challenge in Addicted Photographer, BigD!!!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Congratulations, sweetie!!!!! Sooooo excited for you!!!!!!! Happy Red-Sock Dance time!!!!!!!!!! Hugzz!!

: )) I just happened to be looking at my overview feed and hopped on over … of course I recognized your “bud” immediately!!!!!

Many congratulations BigD…..I love this image and the details are awesome :-)

Amazing details and sharpness !! brilliant photo BigD !

Congrats on challenge! Beautiful shot!

So sweet…..this bud. I always loved that they look furry or prickly. Great close up.

Awesome shot.

My favourite flower!!....Absolutely stunning!!...Beautifully captured Big D!!!..... :-))

BRAVO BRAVO

absolutely perfect!

Love it!

i am stunned.. it looks like the most perfect little thing in the world.. aw

fabulous capture. love it.

Spellbinding macro!

Neat shot! Love it!

beautiful detail

Fantastic macro Big, wonderful details!

instant fav! :) good job :)

I was looking for something perfect to comment on today…I found it here.

I agrre with ALL the people above!!! One in a million!

Hi BigD. Style, Class, Elegance, Excellence are looking for photos of this quality and calibre if you are interested in submitting this photo and any other photos you may have of the same quality, (that fall within the guidelines).
Cheers, Graham.

Lovely, crisp, colourful nature image. Great work.

Magnificent Macro! Perfect comp and bokeh! Wonderful~~ cheers!

Fabulous detail, Beautiful… :D

superb macro, amazing job. congratulations

Congratulations! Your photo has been featured in “Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence!”

This photo was chosen because it was of a very high quality and it captured exactly the sort of work we are looking for in this group.

Please keep up the great work and we hope you continue to add more of your excellent photographs to our group.

whew! took a bit to get to the bottom of the comment list…superb capture,

The fine detail in this one is exquisite, great image.

stunning… great capture, and good eye to catch these moments!

Great macro, fantastic detail.

A stunning image, BigD!

Amazing color and detail and so well composed!! Instant favorite!!

My belated CONGRATULATIONS on winning the last challenge…My friend this is without a doubt one of the best Macros I have seen here on RB….OUTSTANDING and COMMEnDABLE work my friend…Most deserving indeed

Inst fav also by the way

Marvellous!

stunning….. perfect even !

Beautiful capture – great lens – love the composition – it gets my vote !!!

Congratulations BigD on winning the Canon Macro Challenge!!! Go Canon Go!!!!!!!

Congratulations BigD on your win in the challenge. Wow, what a terrific shot. Excellent!!!

My CONGRATS BiGD on winning the challenge…Excellent work my friend

cool, great crisp focus, love it, well done

How did I miss it? This is the best ever capture of a brief moment in time:)

One of my favourite flowers. Didn’t realise it could look so beautiful in bud as well as bloom. Lovely shot. You have some great images. I’ll just have to watchlist you.

Beautifully captured! Super details!

Wow, Just wow!
Details and colors are amazing!
Great shot.

Superb macro, BigD! This photograph is simply perfect in every way! I love the stringing detail of the bud, especially against such a beautiful “bokeh” background! Superior work!

This is unbelievable!! Wow!

Absolutley beautiful!

BigD, outstanding. I don’t know if my 5D gets macro images this sharp. What lens were you using?

Woah! What a beauty! Perfect moment in time!

beautiful macro, I do love poppies

No wonder it go the features…it’s a ripper of a shot mate:)

wonderful image .

Beautiful, outstanding, perfection!!!xx

Wow! beautiful!

Awesome – Top Shelf Work!!!

The detail in this is simply stunning. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a poppy in this stage of life before.

WOW BigD the perfect bud and the perfect capture. Awesome macro in everyway and congrats on the feature(s). I’m sure there will be more than one!

superb

Impossibly beautiful. Wonderful!

gorgeous shot

What a fabulous image! Love the detail here!

Amazing!

Magic shot BigD. Brilliant detail. Well composed. Love it.

Excellent

What a beautifull shot, love it

Great shot – It shows complete control!

I also noticed you shot some pictures on an XTi. Is this your prime camera? I have one and love it’s abliities.

Fantastic macro shot!! The colors, detail and composition are fabulous!! Well done!!!

Very beautiful. I love the details.

I love this shot! It’s absolutely gorgeous! Excellent macro with fantastic focus, detail and DOF. So simple…yet elegant. An instant fav! Wonderful macro work!

Elegant use of negative space and masterful control of DoF to make the bud really stand out against the smooth bokeh.

This is such a wonderfully focused and detailed macro!! Great job!

have to add to the long list of praise – its a super macro image – cheers

outstanding detail, light and color. I like the spot of purple half-hidden as well.

Fantastic macro shot….

Truly beautiful – excellent clarity!

Excellent macro shot! Very cool!

Stunning shot BigD

great job

Perfection!

Outstanding image, will not see better!

Amazing composition and bokeh.

Love the detail in this shot, great job !!

breathtaking!!

Woderful , just beautiful!!!
Camellia & Forrest

Just barely about to pop too I see!!! My goodness this is beautiful!!! Congratulations on your feature too – this is so unusual and fun to see the stage before the poppy pops!!! xoxo!

Totally awesome!!!!!!!!!!

fabulous image

Excellent!

superb!...10 on 10

thanks for taking this photo! i love it!

Wow Dave what a long list of comments! Great shot of this beautiful bud!

Beautifully photographed. Gorgeous.

A FAV for me BigD. Excellent work my friend. Don.

Love it!! superb image, well done!

Aloha Dave, congratulations on your many creative challenge wins and features, it is a beautiful shot :))

Awesome macro! well done!

awesome macro!!

Magnificent capture!!

YESS! Yours is Great too!;p

Oke,maybe a better camera….;p

Beautiful sharp clear work!!

This camera cannot be equiped with another(better)Lense….
It’s a good camera though….!:)
i might buy an extra camera in time….!:)

This is fantastic and so beautiful. You really captured the details and textures perfectly!

Exquisite photo! I love it!