Gladiolus carneus

Beautiful.

great shot what camera do you use

Thanks. I use a Nikon. Then the only editing I do is to crop the photo. Some times it is very difficult to get a flower in the frame when the wind is blowing, so I back out a little, take a picture, then zoom in with the cropping feature.

well it works a treat I have nominated as its that good

Agree lovely picture, always crop my pictures now since you explained to me how to do it :-)

If you want to get the best colours in a photo, it should be taken before the sun hits the flower or take a shade umbrella. It's something I picked up from the AHS Journal when they were discussing how to take photos for their contests.

Nice. Looks porcelain like.

Thanks. I posted another photo of this flower today that really shows off the markings.

I'm telling people to get Nikon. My Canon 510 was supposed to be a good sub SLR type camera. I'm not that happy with it. It has certain sweet spots that take crystal clear photos...but I cant count on that for most situations.
I also dont care that it focuses on the subject and blurs everything else nearby and farby. Auto focus cannot be shut off.
My warning- never buy a camera where auto focus cant be shut off.
I also thought I had a months time to return it. It turned out they had only gave two weeks. Or,I would have rushed to return it.
Oh well.

I miss my old Canon SLR film camera I bought at the Navy Exchange in Yokosuka in 1985. It may not have the abilities the digital ones have, but the photos were much better.