Red

[BillTyler]

Last Friday I went on a walk through a local quasi-wetland, looking for birds. Large parts of it are dried out now, and near the edges there are trees. The paths took me into a tunnel of vegetation. Around one corner, just before a dead end, I found this. It appears that there were flowers that have dried up, and what's left are the bright red ovaries.

Bill

Canon 50D
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS at 300mm
1/125
f/5.6
ISO 800
Gitzo 5541LS with RRS BH55

[Connie Mier]

Strange looking plant, a good eye for this one. I think a few of the red beads would make an interesting closeup. As is, the composition as is doesn't really grab my attention. The bg kind of takes away from the main subject.

[John Chardine]

Nice selective focus and colour. They look like rosehips to me.

[Mike Moats]

Hey Bill, nice subject, and I think the BG would work well with a little softer blur, but not bad as is. I would add a tad more contrast to make the reds pop more. Good details.

[Vida van der Walt]

Lovely subject and very nice image Bill. Agree with Mike on contrast.:)