Backlit Pink Flower at Botanical Gardens in Berkeley

[nooksandcorners]

This flower was lit by the low angle of the sun, making it very well lit compared to everything around it, which just happened to be under a shade. Maybe the flower happened to track the sunlight ;-) A flash was not needed to get this effect. This picture is straight from the camera without any adjustments (yet?).

I wish I had better bokeh at 200mm with the lens I was using (Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-f/5.6)

What do you guys think?

Backlit Pink Flower at Botanical Gardens in Berkeley | Flickr

 

[Braineack]

You have much better work on your flickr stream. Not feeling this at all.

 

[nooksandcorners]

Any particular reason why?

I am not a fan of photoshopping too much. But I can see how the background is a little distracting. I made an attempt to get rid of some of the background. Here is version 2.