It was such a beautiful day, I couldn't resist going for a drive along the lake. And once I was there, I couldn't resist stopping and taking photos of the flowers.







Yes, I do have some more naturalistic photos. But let's face it, after a while, pink flower after pink flower gets a bit dull. Actually, the first one was just an attempt to render in a photo what I saw with my eyes. Our visual system does a much better job of balancing light and dark inputs than film/ccd does -- and it's especially obvious when trying to take pictures of delicate flowers against the sky. You can simultaneously see the pink of the flower and the blue of the sky, but in the camera you have to choose, or resort to photoshop trickery.