Hi Steve and Lorraine. thank you for your coments I feel very lucky to have you take the time to look and coment on photos.

Although this is not as immediately appealing as your other shot of this flower, it is actually just as good in its own way. In fact I think this has some aspects that are even better! The reduction to effectively a single colour tone against the neutral grey background is an object lesson in minimalism, and I think this one will grow on me the most over time. Great work.