Lobelia Queen Victoria

Stunning close~up

Beautiful close up Meanie....

Thank you Milky.

Thank you Janette too (we crossed in cyberspace).

Amazing! :-))

Great pic.

Thank you David and Peonyrose.

wow meanie, great shot, im going out to practice today haha

Thanks Sanbaz.
Practice is good - I had some reasonable shots from this angle, but then I decided to turn on the flash. Seems dumb, but after tweaking the flash compensation I got this photo. I'm quite pleased with it apart from the slightly annoying shadows, but with the equipment that I have it was the best I could achieve. What it did was to highlight the subject to simulate the richness of colour on a summers day. The only editing done (which I try to stick to always) was to crop the photo.
Mess about to your hearts content, only you and the recycle bin will see the duffers!!

thanx meanie , i use the cropping myslf at times which is good, its more the colours i have probs with, i will have to mess about with my camera ,should read the book, a bit lazy that way lol

Wow, just fabulous

We're all lazy that way Sanbaz!
Yorkshire - thank you. Hope your holiday was a good one.

holiday was just wonderful Meanie. thank you.