Pretty Mutant

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Feedback Focus: Artistic / Expressive

About This Image

We have many hibiscus in our garden and as the temperatures cool just a tiny bit they tend to start blooming after being a little dormant and sluggish in the summer. On occasion we also get a mutant like this with the extra petals seeming to grow out of the anther and stigma. I also liked the color of this one. >=))>

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I did apply a mild Orton effect to give the flower a little extra boost and subdued the BG a bit as well.

Technical Details

Sony A7rIII
Sony FE 100mm f2.8 GM Macro
ISO 800, 1/125 @ f11

Second Wind
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Lovely, Bill. I find flower mutations fascinating. It’s like it knew the end was near, so no need for anther and stigma, just a bit more beauty for the season. The colors are wonderful. That blush pink and magenta with a hint of antique yellow around the very edges.

Nicely done.
ML

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Beautiful, Bill. The processing is first rate. Out of all the thousands of hibiscus I’ve seen @ Longwood, I’ve never seen that. .:clap: