About the Image(s)

In a similar vein to April's image of the daffodils / amaryllis, where the old and young were featured, I thought I'd use Tulips, as it's been their time of year. I used one that was at the end of it's flowering with ones that were in full bloom.
I started with a background image of one of the flower beds (Original 1) where lots of tulips were blooming, used Gothic Glean preset in Topaz Studio 3 with the 'impression' overlay, then darken / lighten centre in Nik Color Efex Pro 2. I then stamped up. Because I wanted a dark background, I reduced its opacity with a black colour fill layer below it.
The 'old' tulips (Original 2) were selected (using the 'remove background' tool) then merged into a single later. This was treated with Nik HDR Efex Pro 2, Structured 1 preset, then Topaz Studio 2, Golden Madona with Impression overlay. Finally, I used Redfield Quad Pencil > Early reflections preset at 80% opacity.
The 'new' tulips (Original 3) were selected (using remove background) and duplicated. The bottom layer was treated with Nik HDR Plus > 'Natural Bright' preset. The top layer was treated with Redfield Quad Pencil > B&W in screen mode at 67% opacity.
The stack was stamped up and given Topaz Studio 2 texture, 'Far Away Galaxy', which virtually hid the background layer, but I liked the look of it. The flowers were then brought back on top at reduced opacity and there we have it.
I gave the tulips different treatments so that the younger blooms were separate from the older ones. All a bit of experimentation with plugins. The final image was accidental.