Took me a while to come up with a decent abstract for the contest. This afternoon, I thought of trying day lilies and lo and behold this shot was just waiting for me :) Any C&C are welcome!
Olympus SP-550 UZ
f3.5 @ 1/200, ISO 100, -0.3 EV
Aperture priority mode, pattern metering, auto WB
Processed in PS CS2; cropped, curves adjustment, desaturated a little, and noise reduction on the BG
I agree with Anita on this one. The actual petal is lovely. The color, the lines, the flow, the texture are all spot on. I just wish the background worked a little bit better here.