Wonderful. Would have done well in the soft focus challenge as well.
I definitely like the soft effect, good composition and nice colors.
You know, the lilly bulbs smell even better. I have worked four years in the lilly business. Taking their heads off (the rotting heads have a very distinctive smell), weeding, digging them up, cleaning (the bulbs are washed in a gigantic washer), sorting, peeling (the flakes of a lilly bulb can be grown to create a new one) etc... All stages have their own smell, I can recall them all, they were all good. It was hard work, but satisfying.
nice use of soft focus. colors and glow - a real atmosphere that begins to capture the intense aroma of the stargazer, wish the crop wasn;t in so close on the flower, i'd like to see more edges of petals.
Quite lovely. I adore the soft focus on this, as well as the lighting and color. I would have preferred to be able to see the green of the stem to balance the bit of green on the right and at the top.
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