I was trying to learn how to use the manual macro focus for my new Olympus. It's not quite as obvious as it might seem! Because I couldn't figure out focus-lock, the focus point is dead center in the image, much to my frustration.

Tree peony blossom.

But one of my friends liked this picture so much that she asked for a copy, comparing it to a watercolor with similarly subtle shades of translucent white.

So here ’tis.

07jun22: added peony tag

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