The purple coneflowers are a favorite flower of mine. I just planted this one today. That darn Japanese Beetle found it in only a few hours! Iliked the colors of the Marigold flower, and loved the wave petunia, marigold and fence together. These were all done with my 100mm macro lens. I had to zoom with my feet!

We went to the Legislative Mall for the fireworks tonight. It’s cool being from a small town. Lots of people, patriotic music, support for the troops. It felt good to be part of it!

I touched up the original image lightly up top, then went a little more aggressive in the bottom. Which do you like better?