You guys...shucks. :) It was just one of those things where you have an ugly photo of a beautiful flower and I just couldn't. let. it. go.
I'm so honored to have it chosen for the cover. I printed it out today to give to my best friend for Christmas (at her rather loud and persistant request) and it did make for a pretty sweet print.
Thanks, Tony. I have the forums page bookmarked, and the BPN logo at the top of that page just links back to the same page, not the home page. Haven't seen the home page in many months.
I agree. Outstanding colour and technique Jules. I didn't see the original post so do not know how you made the image. Was the zoom effect in-camera or in post-processing?