About the Image(s)

I’m usually not a flower photographer but the contrast between this flower and its surroundings brought me closer. In addition the stamen were bright orange and the most noticeable part of the flower. I felt that the stems were a necessary part of the photograph also. In Lightroom I cropped the photo to emphasize the flower and stems. Then lowered exposure and masked to hot spots on the petals to remove the hottest areas. Some minor cloning of distractions then resizing. This image was taken hand-held with a Canon 6D and 24-105 lens. The exposure settings were T=1/500 s, f/8, and ISO 3200.