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I've been shooting my flower petals whenever I get a chance. I've gotten tons of good images since late May. I have a new favorite:

I've been learning new tricks as I go. I started out with just flower petals. Then I started using petals that were past their prime and getting wrinkled. Then dried out ones, and dried out petals that were rehydrated. Then I started to layer petals from different flowers, to get different colors and textures. When I did that, odd colors and patterns of light appeared. Now I've learned that this effect is more pronounced when I actually point the camera away from the sun.

Some of these are just crazy, and I'm amazed at all the different looks I get.

Two iris petals, layered over a jack-in-the-pulpit "petal".

iris

Tulip and iris. I can't explain this one at all!

The back of an iris petal. I love the delicate texture, like you're viewing it through textured glass.

A white iris petal over a red tulip petal that has a gap in it.

A deteriorated and semi-rehydrated orange tulip petal over a fresh red one. I think.

tulip

A purple iris petal with beard, seen through a white one.

red & white tulip

pale yellow iris petal over a magenta petunia

White petunia over pink/purple iris.

Iris petals

Petunia and white iris

White and purple iris petals. This one was pointed away from the sun. You can see how little light is coming through the purple petal. The sunlight comes from the same side as the camera, and it just refracts through the white petal. You wouldn't be able to see that if there was enough light coming through the purple petal, like in the image just above this one.