If you’ve been following these posts for a while, you know I love to defocus and get up close and personal with irises. The colors and swirls and curves can make for beautiful abstract photos. But every so often, there’d be one that would catch my eye and I’d think, I don’t need to get fancy; that’s just what I want in my photo, with a nice background, and here we have just that. Around here, at least, a lot of purple irises fade quickly if they ever seem vivid at all, but this one had perfect, strong color all around.

June 2, 2019. Cropped from a larger image. Nikon D7100 (DX sensor), Tamron 100–400mm lens at 400mm (35mm equivalent: 600mm), f/8, 1/350, ISO 560.