Sorry for the one day delay. This one was a difficult one to judge because there were so many great submissions.
A friend of mine who is a photography teacher once said, "never take photos of flowers". All your photos show that flowers are a wonderful subject.
I will start with the HM's in no particular order:
![](https://pbase.com/image/172184394/medium.jpg)
Carol
![](https://pbase.com/image/137975212/medium.jpg)
Luxun54
![](https://pbase.com/image/81160767/medium.jpg)
Jola
![](https://pbase.com/image/152593989/medium.jpg)
Ken
![](https://pbase.com/image/111377195/medium.jpg)
Third Place: Flo - Wonderful composition and lgihting. Really like the shadow.
![](https://pbase.com/image/159526453/medium.jpg)
Second Place: Markus - A mysterious feel to see this and so nice this was achieved without processing.
![](https://pbase.com/image/50707802/medium.jpg)
First Place: Jarek - The composition, lighting, textures, colors and black background make this one a winner. Over to you now.