thanks you guys, i'm glad you like the shots. I mostly posted them because of the lighting. It was hard light but I choose areas where I had shaded background so I could shoot a relatively fast shutter speed (1/2000) and get dark backgrounds with properly exposed flowers. I like the hard sidelight, but i'll also try to pull some of the shadows out of the face.

Ive posted these two shots in other places and of 20 or so comments, it's 50/50 on which one people like.

Take care, and again, thanks for the compliments!

Tony