very 1st photo taken with my 5D Mark II

comments welcomed! I love the color in this...

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It's a nice shot. I like the bokeh and composition.

New camera, I assume! Congrats on the new arrival to the family! I noticed it didn't take long to get it into your signature block . . . !!

Looks a bit underexposed...

@argyle: I wanted the yellow in the flower to really pop so I PP it this way..

Congrats on the camera! I love mine, but processing is a little frustrating (I have a decent speed setup, but after adding multiple layers, doing this, tweaking that, the files get a little big and you hear ps start with the disk swapping).

Hope you don't mind some helpfully-intended critique.

The greens and the bkg in this look a tiny bit on the blue/cyan side. (I am color managed browsing).

Compositionally, it might have been a little better moved to the left. The unopened bud is sitting right on the edge, and the leaf below has been sliced off. Certainly not centered, just a little to the left.

Also consider removing the distracting blemish in the flower center part (a bug maybe?)

Have fun with your new, very expensive toy!

Congrats on the new camera. I picked up a 5dII and now I'm looking for a used 5D as backup. FF comes at a price = more pixels = larger cards = more computer capacity. and the beat goes on.

@cannedheat...Thanks. I just bought a Houghey for calibration of the color so I'm hoping it will be delivered tonight and we will see what I need to do with the color. I appreciate all the comments and advise....Have a great day.