Gorgeous! I love the blue tones, beautiful and very sharp. Excellent!

luv the blue... very magical! :]

Glowing flowers!!! So this is how flowers look at night! I love the details on the flowers, and the very cute blue bee!! Dreamy postwork =)

fantastic...most beautiful blue flowers...excellent done:))!!!

Love this!! Love the bee floating above. Love the lighting and the colors.

beautiful shot

Beautiful and very creative what you've done here... colors are beautiful, lighting just right! V

Very beautiful.

This is among the most beautiful flower photographs that I have ever seen! The flowers are so nicely offset by the dark background twigs and dirt, and even a hidden bees. It is an adventure to explore this picture, after you get over the initial rush of seeing these illuminated wonders. I'm curious as to how you accomplished this, because I, and probably many others, would like to learn from you. The only way I could think of would be to place lights behind the flowers, and then to emphasize the colors and the ribs through digital processing.

very good impression :) color and the light are wonderful .. excellent work

thank you for the wonderful comments! Nothing was done while taking the photograph - just natural lighting in a flower bed next to my house (is my wife the real artist here?) Anyway, post processing took place in Photoshop CS. This was done using three layers. The original photo on the bottom layer. Layer 2 just above original is a heavily blurred copy of the original however set at a blend mode of "Screen" Layer 3 (top layer) is also a heavily blurred copy of the original however set at a blend mode of "Hard Light" Further refinement came from erasing portions of the "Screen" Layer to bring the details back into play. This is a technique I developed myself (although I am sure others have similar). It is very simple to do. Hope this answers your question. If you have more please feel free to ask 4thorder@4thorder.us Thanks!!