I found flood works well on this image because in the original photo the lower petal was a little underexposed. I used a flash and the diffusion was not quite adequate. Flood has compensated by bringing the light from the top into the bottom of the frame to balance things out.
This little iris lasted only a few days, but through the magic of photography, it will be around for much longer.
Fearless Bubble, Christine811star, Alan Phillips, Imagemakercan - The Lensdancer, and 13 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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dora31 68 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called blue, I love you, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
jean-claude (♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸) 61 months ago | reply
Greetings!
Using the "blog this" function above your picture, we have linked your picture to our not-for-profit blog [THE WORLD'S GAZE] in which we are showcasing some of the GEMS found in Flickr.
If you object, we will remove the link immediately.
In anticipation, please receive our best wishes.
Cordially yours,
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MistyDays / CB 44 months ago | reply
I went searching for some floods today because I've been playing with the plug-in--and I found this. Very, very nice!!
j.towbin © 12 months ago | reply
Fabulous work...