happy b-day! Time just does fly!

Happy birthday Hope! Food looks wonderful and she looks happy.

What great use of light.

Got it all; incident light, reflected light, transluscent light (you know what I mean), and no light. Plus geometry and texture. Super!

Yep, still a worthy share. The bee's good (how far away?), great to have the patch of blue, and again the bokeh is very appealing.

Stunning light, colour and pov.

Must be a safe neighbourhood - I can easily see this being hacked off by hoon passers-by out here. eg snapping the heads of Agapanthus planted near footpaths is a favoured past-time that drove my Mum to distraction every year.

Impressive night display.

When I first viewed next door my reaction was IR, but the leaves were too dark. Now I've checked out the time you took this, and presumably that's a star the sensor has detected to the right of the main flower head. Great result for slow shutter speed.

I'll echo Pam's comment about the explosion; what a great anchor and contrast for the mass of flowers above.
Only just realised it's an evening shot - even better.