Zebra Rose

Here's a recent picture I took of a rose.  I absolutely love the contrast with the bright pink color and the zebra carpet in the background.  I cropped it purposely as long and narrow because I wanted to show a lot of the carpet.  I tried to make the dimensions 8x10 but I absolutely hated the photo when it was displayed this way.  It has to be long and narrow.  In my opinion, this is what makes the photo.

Sunflower

Here's a picture I took of a sunflower.  Unlike my other photograph of the dead sunflowers, I wanted to show the close up beauty of one that's alive.  I love the texture from the center of the flower in this photograph.  I think the detail is amazing.