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Since moving to digital I have found it it immensely fun and flexible to have a bit of a play with images.
After a stressful day at work I took my frustrations out on a Warratah. I carefully strangled the flower and forced it to succumb to full flash pops and hideously long timed exposures. After this torturous regime I then desatuarted it's leaves and framed it in black.

What's your opinion?

Really nice. A great way to focus on the beautiful red of the flower. However you may have missed a bit of desaturation below the flower on two leaves.

Nice work.

great capture... i really like this and the pp works quite well.

if i was to be absolutely nit picky i'd say clone out the little orange line in the background at the top right...

well done.

cheers

I really like this, well done i reckon it would print up nicely

I think this is excellent. Very well done!

Great pic, well post processed. Print & frame.

Lovely treatment and with a perfect specimen it would be a work of art. Lighting is well balanced and great framing applied. Well done!
cheers
marco

Tortured??? That warratah looks very happy to me. Lovely image, thank you for sharing it.

Killakoala - appreciate the comments and I may concentrate in that area and see what I can cleanup. In all honesty I didn't spend a great deal of time on it

Oneputt - not quite as happy as me with my red but was not overly abused

marcotrov -much appreciated, hard to be the balance fill on the SB800!

stubbsy-working on the print, framing is next

Potatis -thanks! You have an excellent tripod now so.........

Nikon boy -I am counting on it

xerubus-appreciate the suggestions and definitely worth a go at

All, really appreciate the feedback and suggestions, I always like to hear from different persepectives and the suggestions you may have.

regards,

Paul

Paul - what a beautiful photo, and fantastic idea to desaturate the leaves. It really will frame up a treat......mmmmm....... will have to go out and try this one !!
Rel

Can't disagree with the previous comments regarding improvements Paul but, as my learned colleagues have themselves admitted, it was a pretty special piece of work to start with. Very graphic and in-your-face but still retaining the delicate nuances when you look deeper.

Good stuff.

And I was hoping for a picture of Wendell Sailor in his new sky-blue jersey.

Very nice pic.