Its funny that often the most poisonous is the most luxurious, these purple nightshades have a beautiful colour, and the family of plants they are from include the most useful (like potatoes & tomatoes) to the most deadly (thorn apple & deadly nightshade) - I think they are my favorite plant family.

8 Feb 2008 9:55am

@Richard_Irwin: Richard, your comment is spot on! I would have some trouble choosing between this plant family and the legumes however. The variety of configurations and unusual plants in the legumes has always astounded me.

Elisa from Massachusetts, United States

great colors!

8 Feb 2008 4:05pm

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

NICLEY done! Beautiful flower.

8 Feb 2008 4:54pm

Helma from Tehran, Iran

Great macro and very nice colors ...... thank you .

8 Feb 2008 5:14pm

aggie from Singapore, Singapore

Such a pretty flower. Who would have guessed that it was poisonous?

8 Feb 2008 6:19pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Another beautiful macro captured! The textures and patterns are quite crisp!

8 Feb 2008 6:35pm

micas from Lisbon, Portugal

delicate and beautiful.

8 Feb 2008 7:07pm

Ljubo from Zagreb, Croatia

Just checked your blog. All I can say is -- love your photos, even though I would use less postprocessing to preserve natural look&feel.

8 Feb 2008 9:40pm

@Ljubo: Thank you for the comment, Ljubo... and the advice as to your personal preferences... perhaps you are right as I do sharpen and correct color and contrast...

Steven from Montreal, Canada

Beautiful color and detail!

9 Feb 2008 10:05am

monire from yazd, Iran

Beautiful flower wit Beautiful color and very good photographer

9 Feb 2008 12:04pm

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