Naked Poppy

A poppy flower without its petals. Googling that, I ran across this page that explains the parts of the poppy flower. Fascinating! I love the detail (and the bokeh!). I love shooting shallow depth of field.

I didn’t do too much to the original photo. I cropped in for more of a macro look; I’m so glad I had it in focus! I increased the saturation a little of the flower and decreased the saturation of the background.  The original:

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