Peter, Thank you for the complement. My first time taking images of flowers. I have always stayed away from posting or competing with flower images as I never felt I could get the image as good as I wanted. I wish it were possible to show the original. The file size for posting doesn't due it full justice. I have attached a close up of the center of one flower.
I would recommend the Kodak Z1275 camera to anyone. 12Mb @ less than $200. It can also do in-camera panormic stitching. Robin