Prequel to an Iris

[Julie Kenward]

This image was taken indoors in front of an open window tonight. I did very little in PS - a small crop, a small clone, a small tweak of curves. Sometimes beautiful is just that - beautiful.

Canon 40D, EF 100mm f/2.8 macro
f3.2 @ 1/100th, ISO 200
Manual mode, pattern metering, handheld, fillflash

[John Christian]

Nice shot. BG really allows the main subject to be separate.

[Mike Moats]

Hey Jules, like the soft DOF, has a nice feel, nice rich color and good BG.

[Mike Fuhr]

beautiful image -- just the right mix of in focus and out of focus. It reminds me of a vase...

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Jules,
Love the feel of the bud here......giving me more ideas for the 3.5. Have to go check mom's Iris's. Nicely done.