"Bearded Iris"

This image was taken in a friend's garden during one of our hot summers. This variety of Iris has huge buds. They almost always bend from their own weight to the ground. They have a deep black color to the buds, but once they start opening you realize that they are deep purple. To achieve this image I placed the lens inside the flower to utilize sunlight as my main illumination and to amplify the purple color of the petals.
This portrait is available for custom printing up to 25x32 inches.
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