nice macro

Great idea... would've liked to see a little more play of light in the facets

Thanks kyricom...any tips for lighting a diamonds facets??? it's not as easy as it appears...any help would be appreciated

Laser pointer?

A laser pointer to light up a diamond??? never thought of that...will have to try it

wow! how did you do that? Is it water drops on clear glass that is above the flower?

author, not to be difficult, but these are not really circles!

Ok criticism accepted, I've re-shot this and made the drops more circular, hope this is more acceptable.

@k5683 You're close, The flower was suspended with the pane of glass beneath it. I was on the ground shooting up

@mod I came across a glitch that Mr. M should be aware of.
When I first looked at the comments this morning I saw the comment from a mod, but when I went to go back to it a few minutes later I clicked the "latest comments" button on my side bar and instead of saying "moderator" it showed me your screen name and avatar

lol........

Extra points for being so creative = )

Great shot!

nice choice

nice

Ah, eu sabia!... Pois são vitórias-régias em ambiente natural!... Lá no Japão eu vi vitórias-régias também, mas cultivadas em estufas, senão não seria possível. Lindas, não? Onde é, Amazonas? Mato Grosso?

essa foto é no PANTANAL - MATO GROSSO....

Excellent.

so round so natural

Nice setup and execution! GL!

Thank you jawsh.

Beautiful! Where is this currency from?

Thank you eirkuri, It is Egyptian Piasters coins 5 and 10 piasters