Emerging
Finalist
I shot these cone flowers with a relatively shallow depth of field and then used various filters (radial blur, liquify, Gaussian blur) to increase and change the quality of the background blur.
Originally uploaded the first week in September, I decided the photo needed a boost so I pulled it, increased the saturation and intensity of the color, and am resubmitting it in the Monthly Theme.
Original settings: 1/100 sec - f 3.60 - ISO 100
Uploaded on September 16, 2007